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Creative Writing at University of New Orleans

Creative Writing at University of New Orleans

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

UNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and has a total student population of 8,375.

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.

UNO Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

UNO Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at UNO

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

UNO Creative Writing Master’s Program

68% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 32% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. UNO does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from UNO, 68% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 15
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 LA, the home state for University of New Orleans.

Occupation Jobs in LA Average Salary in LA
Editors 450 $42,340
Writers and Authors 260 $44,710

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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