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University of Southern California BA in Creative Writing

Creative Writing is a concentration offered under the writing studies major at University of Southern California. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in creative writing, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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• Undergraduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• References

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Creative Writing from USC Cost?

USC Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time undergraduates at USC paid an average of $1,995 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$59,260	$59,260
Fees	$1,015	$1,015
Books and Supplies	$1,200	$1,200
On Campus Room and Board	$16,398	$16,398
On Campus Other Expenses	$2,278	$2,278

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Does USC Offer an Online BA in Creative Writing?

USC does not offer an online option for its creative writing bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the USC Online Learning page.

USC Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Creative Writing

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 34 bachelor’s degrees in creative writing handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 73.5% of the creative writing students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 72.8%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 47.1% of creative writing bachelor’s degree recipients at USC in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 26%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.