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BA in Creative Writing & English
Develop your creativity and gain practical skills with a creative writing degree program –featuring 100% online classes – through a bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
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.
Sad to say, we do not have enough facts to produce a ranking of the highest paid schools for creative writing in Illinois. This is usually due to there not being enough schools in Illinois that both offer creative writing and provided enough information for us to do a proper analysis.
As an alternative, check out at some of our other Creative Writing rankings below or check out our overall Best Colleges for Creative Writing ranking.
Learn about other programs related to Creative Writing that might interest you.
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.
Creative Writing is one of 4 different types of Writing Studies programs to choose from.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Rhetoric & Composition | 84 |
| General Writing | 10 |
| Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing | 3 |
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