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Creative Writing at University of Virginia - Main Campus

Creative Writing at University of Virginia - Main Campus

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

University of Virginia is located in Charlottesville, Virginia and approximately 25,628 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 Virginia Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

University of Virginia Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at University of Virginia

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

University of Virginia Creative Writing Master’s Program

71% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from University of Virginia, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 4
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 VA, the home state for University of Virginia - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Editors 3,450 $72,660
English Language and Literature Professors 2,320 $61,690
Writers and Authors 1,220 $68,600

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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