2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Creative Writing in New Mexico

If you pursue a master's degree in creative writing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #55 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the most popular for creative writing students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 38 master's degrees in creative writing during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in creative writing matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Creative Writing in New Mexico ranking.

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

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for creative writing.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Creative Writing in New Mexico

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in creative writing.

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

1

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
Santa Fe, NM

29 Annual Master's Degrees

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development is a popular option for students interested in a master's degree in creative writing. Located in the rural area of Santa Fe, Institute of American Indian Arts is a public school with a small student population.

There were about 29 creative writing individuals who graduated with this degree at Institute of American Indian Arts in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in creative writing from Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

6 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NM

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in creative writing needs to take a look at New Mexico State University - Main Campus. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public university with a large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in creative writing in New Mexico.

There were about 6 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at NMSU Main Campus in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in creative writing from New Mexico State University - Main Campus

3

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

3 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NM

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of New Mexico - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a master's degree in creative writing. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in creative writing in New Mexico.

There were approximately 3 creative writing individuals who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in creative writing from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

 

Best Creative Writing Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	520	80
Arizona	313	27
Oklahoma	276	25

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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 Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Rhetoric & Composition	15

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO. More about our data sources and methodologies.