2025 Best Creative Writing Schools in Pennsylvania
9Colleges in Pennsylvania
445Creative Writing Degrees Awarded
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 9 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for creative writing students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 445 degrees in creative writing to qualified students.
The creative writing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Creative Writing rankings. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Creative Writing Schools in Pennsylvania list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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 Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in creative writing. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #85 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Pitt is a great university overall.
There were approximately 119 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in creative writing has to check out Bucknell University. Located in the distant town of Lewisburg, Bucknell is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 11th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 25 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Bucknell in the most recent year we have data available.
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Saint Joseph's University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in creative writing. St. Joe's is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #105 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means St. Joe's is a great university overall.
There were about 10 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at St. Joe's in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in creative writing needs to look into Arcadia University. Arcadia is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Glenside. This university ranks 27th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 32 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Arcadia in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #97 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.
There were approximately 11 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #115 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Drexel is a great university overall.
There were about 26 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent year we have data available.
Pitt Greensburg is a small public university located in the suburb of Greensburg. This university ranks 79th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 5 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Pitt Greensburg in the most recent year we have data available.
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Franklin and Marshall is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Lancaster. This college ranks 18th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 14 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Franklin and Marshall in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the distant town of Selinsgrove, Susquehanna is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 55th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 38 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Susquehanna 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).
The creative writing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Creative Writing rankings. 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.
