by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 20 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for creative writing students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 229 master's degrees in creative writing during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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The creative writing master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality creative writing program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for creative writing students working on their master's degree.
The creative writing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Creative Writing Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region.
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in creative writing.
Northwestern University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in creative writing. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston.More information about a master’s in creative writing from Northwestern University
University of Notre Dame is a good option for students pursuing a master's degree in creative writing. Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in creative writing from University of Notre Dame
It is hard to beat Miami University - Oxford if you wish to pursue a master's degree in creative writing. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Oxford.More information about a master’s in creative writing from Miami University - Oxford
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in creative writing. BGSU is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Bowling Green.More information about a master’s in creative writing from Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in creative writing from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
U-M is a very large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor.More information about a master’s in creative writing from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in creative writing from University of Wisconsin - Madison
Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in creative writing from Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in creative writing from DePaul University
Central Michigan is a fairly large public university located in the town of Mount Pleasant.More information about a master’s in creative writing from Central Michigan University
Learn about other programs related to Creative Writing that might interest you.
Low-Residency MFA in Fiction and Nonfiction
Harness your passion for storytelling with SNHU's Mountainview Low-Residency MFA in Fiction and Nonfiction. In this small, two-year creative writing program, students work one-on-one with our distinguished faculty remotely for most of the semester but convene for weeklong intensive residencies in June and January. At residencies, students critique each other's work face-to-face, meet with major authors, agents and editors and learn how to teach at the college level.
Explore the best creative writing colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .
One of 4 majors within the Writing Studies area of study, Creative Writing has other similar majors worth exploring.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing | 45 |
| General Writing | 19 |
| Rhetoric & Composition | 19 |
| Other Rhetoric & Composition/Writing Studies | 7 |
