Creative Writing at Western Washington University

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 Western Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and approximately 15,197 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.

WWU Creative Writing Degrees Available

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

WWU Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at WWU 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 WWU

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

WWU Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% 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 WWU since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at WWU 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 Washington University with a bachelor's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	84
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

WWU Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. WWU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from WWU, 71% were white. This is above 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 Western Washington University with a master's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
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 WA, the home state for Western Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Editors	1,830	$67,560
English Language and Literature Professors	1,450	$61,580
Writers and Authors	1,400	$65,200
Professors	1,060	$74,330

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.