by our College Data Analytics TeamCreative Writing is a concentration offered under the writing studies major at Mills College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in creative writing, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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MFA in Creative Writing - Online
Embrace your passion for storytelling and learn the professional writing skills you'll need to succeed with our online MFA in Creative Writing. Write your novel or short story collection while earning a certificate in the Online Teaching of Writing or Professional Writing, with no residency requirement.
MA in English & Creative Writing
Refine your writing skills and take a step toward furthering your career with this online master's from Southern New Hampshire University.
Low-Residency MFA in Fiction and Nonfiction
Harness your passion for storytelling with SNHU's Mountainview Low-Residency MFA in Fiction and Nonfiction. In this small, two-year creative writing program, students work one-on-one with our distinguished faculty remotely for most of the semester but convene for weeklong intensive residencies in June and January. At residencies, students critique each other's work face-to-face, meet with major authors, agents and editors and learn how to teach at the college level.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Mills paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $34,833 | $34,833 |
| Fees | $1,430 | $1,430 |
Mills does not offer an online option for its creative writing master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Mills Online Learning page.
About 92.3% of the students who received their MA in creative writing in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 66.6%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 46.2% of the creative writing master’s degrees at Mills in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 24%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 2 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 5 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
*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.
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