Creative Writing at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

If you plan to study creative writing, take a look at what University of Nevada - Las Vegas has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and has a total student population of 31,142.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Creative Writing section at the bottom of this page.

UNLV Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

UNLV Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at UNLV

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the creative writing majors at University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

UNLV Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. UNLV does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 23% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from UNLV, 56% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Las Vegas with a master's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

Careers That Creative Writing Grads May Go Into

A degree in creative writing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Professors	810	$58,280
English Language and Literature Professors	490	$58,200
Editors	460	$56,790
Writers and Authors	310	$53,730

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Stan Shebs under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.