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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for creative writing students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 171 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Creative Writing Schools in Minnesota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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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.
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 roughly 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 United States for getting a degree in creative writing. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public university with a fairly 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 about 18 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Minnesota State Mankato in the most recent year we have data available.
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Any student who is interested in creative writing has to look into Hamline University. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 20th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 43 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Hamline in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in creative writing has to check out Metropolitan State University. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 44th out of 52 schools 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.
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.
