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Creative Writing at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Creative Writing at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying creative writing, you may want to check out the program at University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and approximately 22,311 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.

UNM Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

UNM Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the creative writing majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Creative Writing Master’s Program

67% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

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

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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
Editors 310 $44,370
English Language and Literature Professors 90 $56,750
Writers and Authors 70 $49,460

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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