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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Creative Writing in Pennsylvania

5 Ranked Colleges
124 Degrees Awarded
$23,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master's in Pennsylvania

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Creative Writing is the 118th most popular major in the country with 6,586 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 436 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 124 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in creative writing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent creative writing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the creative writing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Creative Writing in Pennsylvania

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s creative writing degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Temple, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Creative Writing Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Creative Writing at Temple University

#2

Chatham University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chatham University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s creative writing students in 2019-2020.

Chatham also made our “Best Creative Writing Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Chatham are $18,836, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Creative Writing at Chatham University

#3

Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Joseph’s University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s creative writing degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

St. Joe’s not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Creative Writing Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at St. Joe’s are $17,802.

Read more about Creative Writing at St. Joe’s

#4

Arcadia University

Glenside, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arcadia University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Arcadia is located in Glenside, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s creative writing degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Arcadia, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Creative Writing Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arcadia University are $28,120.

Full Arcadia Creative Writing Report

#5

Wilkes University

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wilkes University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania. Wilkes is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 36 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wilkes also made our “Best Creative Writing Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wilkes University are $28,368, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Creative Writing at Wilkes

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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