2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Creative Writing in North Carolina

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in creative writing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #109 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the most popular for creative writing students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 73 bachelor's degrees in creative writing during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Creative Writing School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your bachelor's degree in creative writing matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Creative Writing in North Carolina ranking is to help you make that choice.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for creative writing, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Creative Writing Schools

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for creative writing.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

 

Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Creative Writing in North Carolina

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in creative writing.

Most Well Attended Schools for Creative Writing Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, NC

43 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of North Carolina at Wilmington if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in creative writing. UNCW is a large public university located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in creative writing in North Carolina.

There were roughly 43 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at UNCW in the most recent data year.

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2

Guilford College
Greensboro, NC

7 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NC

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in creative writing has to check out Guilford College. Located in the large city of Greensboro, Guilford is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in creative writing in North Carolina.

There were approximately 7 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Guilford in the most recent data year.

More information about a bachelor’s in creative writing from Guilford College

2

Catawba College
Salisbury, NC

7 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

Catawba College is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in creative writing. Located in the suburb of Salisbury, Catawba is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

There were approximately 7 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Catawba in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in creative writing from Catawba College

4

Queens University of Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

6 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in creative writing has to check out Queens University of Charlotte. Queens is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Charlotte. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for bachelor's degrees in creative writing in North Carolina.

There were approximately 6 creative writing individuals who graduated with this degree at Queens in the most recent year we have data available.

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5

Salem College
Winston-Salem, NC

4 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

Located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem, Salem is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

There were roughly 4 creative writing individuals who graduated with this degree at Salem in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in creative writing from Salem College

5

Warren Wilson College
Swannanoa, NC

4 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Located in the suburb of Swannanoa, Warren Wilson is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

There were approximately 4 creative writing individuals who graduated with this degree at Warren Wilson in the most recent year we have data available.

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7

Methodist University
Fayetteville, NC

1 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

Methodist is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Fayetteville.

There were about 1 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Methodist in the most recent year we have data available.

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7

St. Andrews University
Laurinburg, NC

1 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

Located in the town of Laurinburg, St. Andrews is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

There were roughly 1 creative writing individuals who graduated with this degree at St. Andrews in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in creative writing from St. Andrews University

 

Best Creative Writing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Creative Writing Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	473	45
Georgia	447	80
Tennessee	445	19
Virginia	417	38
South Carolina	353	4
Alabama	318	0
Kentucky	318	13
Louisiana	295	13
Arkansas	287	27
Mississippi	261	8
West Virginia	235	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to Creative Writing

One of 4 majors within the Writing Studies area of study, Creative Writing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Creative Writing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Writing	9
Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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