Ranked #120 in popularity, creative writing is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for creative writing students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 183 degrees in creative writing to qualified students.
Your choice of creative writing school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Creative Writing School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Schools in Michigan.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the creative writing degree levels they offer.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in creative writing. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were roughly 48 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Western Michigan University if you wish to pursue a degree in creative writing. WMU is a large public university located in the small city of Kalamazoo. A Best Colleges rank of #322 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 26 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent data year.
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It is hard to beat Oakland University if you wish to pursue a degree in creative writing. Located in the suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 23 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Oakland in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Northern Michigan University if you wish to pursue a degree in creative writing. Northern Michigan University is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Marquette. This university ranks 35th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 19 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Northern Michigan University in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of creative writing school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Creative Writing School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
