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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across North Carolina, there were 173 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 100 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in creative writing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great creative writing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the creative writing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina master’s degree creative writing students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Creative Writing in North Carolina

#1

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$21,286 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #1 spot on the list. UNCW is a public institution located in Wilmington, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNCW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Creative Writing Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Wilmington are $21,286, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Queens University of Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$14,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Queens University of Charlotte. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s creative writing degrees to 38 students in 2019-2020.

Queens not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Creative Writing Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Queens are $14,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Creative Writing at Queens

#3

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$21,918 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s creative writing students in 2019-2020.

UNC Greensboro also took the #3 spot in our “Best Creative Writing Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Greensboro are $21,918, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Creative Writing at UNC Greensboro

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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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