2025 Best Creative Writing Schools in the Plains States Region
9Colleges in the Plains States Region
531Creative Writing Degrees Awarded
Creative Writing is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #120 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of creative writing. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 531 degrees in creative writing annually.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for creative writing schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Creative Writing in the Plains States Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the creative writing degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Creative Writing
University of Iowa is a great option for students interested in a degree in creative writing. Iowa is a very large public university located in the small city of Iowa City. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were about 53 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent data year.
Missouri State University - Springfield is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in creative writing. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 9 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent data year.
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It is hard to beat Macalester College if you wish to pursue a degree in creative writing. Macalester is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Saint Paul. A Best Colleges rank of #336 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Macalester is a great college overall.
There were approximately 12 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Macalester in the most recent data year.
Minnesota State University - Mankato is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in creative writing. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #412 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Minnesota State Mankato is a great university overall.
There were approximately 18 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Minnesota State Mankato in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #559 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Hamline is a great university overall.
There were approximately 43 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Hamline in the most recent data year.
UMKC is a large public university located in the city of Kansas City. This university ranks 14th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 6 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at UMKC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Kirksville, Truman State is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 18th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 20 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Truman State in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 44th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 11 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Metro State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Omaha, UNOMAHA is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were approximately 40 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at UNOMAHA in the most recent data year.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for creative writing schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
