Creative Writing at Washington University in St Louis

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

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and approximately 15,449 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.

WUSTL Creative Writing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing
• Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

WUSTL Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at WUSTL 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 WUSTL

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the creative writing majors at Washington University in St Louis.

WUSTL Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% 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 WUSTL since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at WUSTL are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its creative writing bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

WUSTL Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from WUSTL, 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 31% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Editors	1,160	$55,460
English Language and Literature Professors	970	$80,380
Writers and Authors	650	$57,420

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 Bachrach44 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.