If you pursue a degree in creative writing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #120 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Creative Writing Schools in Florida ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 121 degrees in creative writing during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of creative writing school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Creative Writing School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Creative Writing Schools in Florida list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of creative writing degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of South Florida - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in creative writing. Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 9 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at USF Tampa in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Central Florida is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in creative writing. Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #193 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 12 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent data year.
University of Florida is a great choice for students interested in a degree in creative writing. UF is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 12 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year.
Florida State University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in creative writing. Florida State is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee. A Best Colleges rank of #121 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.
There were about 4 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 13th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 9 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at FAU in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Tampa, UT is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 26th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 15 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at UT in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #183 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means FIU is a great university overall.
There were about 11 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at FIU in the most recent data year.
Stetson is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of DeLand. This university ranks 38th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 5 creative writing students who graduated with this degree at Stetson in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of creative writing school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Creative Writing School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
