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Harvard University MA in Writing Studies

The main focus area for this major is Creative Writing. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Writing Studies is a major offered under the English language and literature program of study at Harvard University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in writing, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

If there’s something special you’re looking for, you can use one of the links below to find it:

• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Related Majors
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Writing from Harvard Cost?

Harvard Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Harvard paid an average of $1,545 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$49,448	$49,448
Fees	$1,206	$1,206

Does Harvard Offer an Online MA in Writing?

Harvard does not offer an online option for its writing master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Harvard Online Learning page.

Harvard Master’s Student Diversity for Writing

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 12 students received their master’s degree in writing. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 50.0% of the writing students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 67.9%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 16.7% of the writing master’s degrees at Harvard in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 25%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MA in Writing Focus Areas at Harvard

Writing Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Creative Writing	12

Majors Related to a MA in Writing From Harvard

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to writing studies.

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General English Literature	15

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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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.