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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Tennessee, there were 51 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 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 Tennessee” 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

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

#1

Sewanee - The University of the South

Sewanee, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$18,243 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sewanee - The University of the South. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee list. Sewanee is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sewanee, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Sewanee not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Creative Writing Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sewanee - The University of the South are $18,243, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

#3 in overall quality

$14,202 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee list. UofM is a large school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 10 masters’s creative writing degrees in 2019-2020.

UofM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Creative Writing Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Memphis are $14,202, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Creative Writing Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s creative writing students in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Creative Writing Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Creative Writing at Vanderbilt

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Creative Writing in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Creative Writing

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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