Creative Writing at Wichita State University

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

WSU is located in Wichita, Kansas and approximately 14,999 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.

WSU Creative Writing Degrees Available

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

WSU Creative Writing Rankings

The creative writing major at WSU 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 WSU

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

WSU Creative Writing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of creative writing bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% 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 WSU since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in creative writing at WSU 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 Wichita State University with a bachelor's in creative writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WSU Creative Writing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in creative writing each year. WSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 71% more men than average.

In the creative writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wichita State 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	1
International Students	0
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 KS, the home state for Wichita State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Editors	530	$50,390
English Language and Literature Professors	490	$61,740
Writers and Authors	260	$62,670

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 Hrududu under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.