Creative Writing at Western Michigan University

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

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has a total student population of 19,887.

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.

WMU Creative Writing Degrees Available

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

WMU Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at WMU 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.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in creative writing, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Creative Writing Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% 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 WMU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at WMU 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 Western Michigan University with a bachelor's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

WMU Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from WMU, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Related Majors

• General Writing

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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
English Language and Literature Professors	2,000	$76,340
Editors	1,670	$58,150
Writers and Authors	1,120	$60,850

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.