Creative Writing at University of Nevada - Reno

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

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and approximately 20,722 students attend the school each year.

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.

UNR Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

UNR Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at UNR

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

UNR Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. UNR does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from UNR, 74% were white. This is above 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 - Reno with a master's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 - Reno.

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 delamare under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.