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Creative Writing at University of Rochester

Creative Writing at University of Rochester

What traits are you looking for in a creative writing school? To help you decide if University of Rochester is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's creative writing program.

University of Rochester is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 11,741 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.

University of Rochester Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing

University of Rochester Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at University of Rochester is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Creative Writing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Creative Writing Student Demographics at University of Rochester

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

University of Rochester Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

63% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 37% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical creative writing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at University of Rochester since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at University of Rochester are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 14
International Students 1
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 NY, the home state for University of Rochester.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Editors 19,140 $83,070
English Language and Literature Professors 7,700 $92,170
Writers and Authors 7,410 $86,380
Professors 6,440 $112,000

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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