Creative Writing at University of Wyoming

Every creative writing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the creative writing program at University of Wyoming stacks up to those at other schools.

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and approximately 11,829 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.

UW Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

UW Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at UW

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

UW Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. UW does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from UW, 56% 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 44% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 WY, the home state for University of Wyoming.

Occupation	Jobs in WY	Average Salary in WY
Professors	370	$52,800
Editors	110	$49,550
English Language and Literature Professors	100	$61,140

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 ProgWork1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.