2025 Best Creative Writing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in creative writing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #106 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for creative writing students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 39 bachelor's degrees in creative writing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to creative writing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of creative writing students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized creative writing related body.

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 bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Creative Writing Schools

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Creative Writing in Wisconsin

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for creative writing students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Wisconsin Schools for a Bachelor's in Creative Writing

1

Beloit College
Beloit, WI

20 Annual Graduates

Beloit College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in creative writing. Beloit is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Beloit.More information about a bachelor’s in creative writing from Beloit College

2

University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Green Bay, WI

12 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Wisconsin - Green Bay if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in creative writing. Located in the midsize city of Green Bay, UW - Green Bay is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in creative writing from University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

Best Creative Writing Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Creative Writing Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	109
Ohio	612	197
Illinois	558	141
Indiana	535	86

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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
General Writing	32
Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing	21

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.