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CIP PROGRAM: 23.1302
Creative Writing.

Summary: A program that focuses on the process and techniques of original composition in various literary forms such as the short story, poetry, the novel, and others. Includes instruction in technical and editorial skills, criticism, and the marketing of finished manuscripts.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Related Occupations

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 118 3226 3129
2021 93 3295 2979
2022 109 3331 2996
2023 153 3364 3225
2024 189 3311 3478
Change +29.66% +4.28% +3.07%

Related CIPs

23 ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS.
23.13 Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.
23.1399 Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies, Other.
23.1301 Writing, General.
23.1302 Creative Writing.
23.1303 Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing.
23.1304 Rhetoric and Composition.

Institutions granting degrees in Creative Writing.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Adams State University1 -50.00%
Agnes Scott College11 +45.45%
Alaska Pacific University4 -
Albion College3 -57.14%
Arcadia University9 +75.00%
Arkansas Tech University7 -33.33%
Asbury University3 -75.00%
Ashland University5 -60.00%
Augsburg University6 -14.29%
Augustana College11 -12.50%
Austin College5 -20.00%
Baldwin Wallace University5 -66.67%
Bard College at Simon's Rock2 -66.67%
Belhaven University4 -
Beloit College20 -11.76%
Bemidji State University5 -70.59%
Bennington College13 +250.00%
Berry College6 -58.33%
Binghamton University29 -26.67%
Blackburn College4 +150.00%
Bloomfield College3 -
Boise State University22 +550.00%
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus12 -17.65%
Brandeis University9 -15.38%
Brown University39 -19.15%
Bucknell University12 +47.06%
CUNY Brooklyn College17 -4.17%
California Baptist University2 -100.00%
California College of the Arts2 -100.00%
Canisius University2 -
Capital University6 +37.50%
Carnegie Mellon University6 -33.33%
Carson-Newman University1 -50.00%
Central Washington University67 +88.46%
Chapman University37 +25.93%
Chatham University5 -16.67%
Christian Brothers University2 -20.00%
Coe College5 +50.00%
Colby College22 +27.27%
Colby-Sawyer College2 -25.00%
Colorado Christian University2 -
Colorado College13 -55.00%
Columbia College Chicago46 -23.08%
Columbia University in the City of New York33 +61.29%
Converse University1 +300.00%
Corban University2 -
Cornell College9 -35.71%
Cornerstone University2 -
Cumberland University5 -
DePauw University20 -
Earlham College2 -
Eastern Michigan University5 -33.33%
Eckerd College9 -46.67%
Emerson College92 +0.81%
Emory & Henry University3 -66.67%
Emory University30 +8.51%
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus9 +46.67%
Ferrum College1 -
Fitchburg State University3 -25.00%
Florida Southern College5 -37.50%
Franklin College6 -60.00%
Franklin and Marshall College11 -6.67%
George Fox University1 -
George Mason University26 +40.00%
George Washington University13 +37.50%
Goddard College2 -57.14%
Guilford College7 +25.00%
Hamilton College15 -28.57%
Hamline University13 -47.83%
Hampshire College4 +84.62%
Hartwick College2 +50.00%
Hiram College4 -66.67%
Hollins University3 -
Houston Christian University2 -
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion5 -81.82%
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development3 +133.33%
Ithaca College29 +16.67%
Johns Hopkins University26 -50.00%
Kansas City Art Institute4 +16.67%
Knox College20 -23.53%
Lebanon Valley College5 -
Lee University10 +37.50%
Lesley University10 +100.00%
Lewis-Clark State College3 -50.00%
Liberty University146 -
Linfield University6 -16.67%
Loras College4 -38.46%
Loyola University Chicago11 -
Loyola University Maryland16 -8.00%
Loyola University New Orleans18 -23.08%
Lubbock Christian University3 -50.00%
Macalester College15 -
Maharishi International University5 +300.00%
Malone University3 -50.00%
Manhattanville College14 -27.78%
Marymount Manhattan College6 +16.67%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 -
McMurry University2 -
Mercer University5 -
Merrimack College7 -
Metropolitan State University10 -
Miami University-Oxford34 -30.61%
Millsaps College5 -
Minnesota State University-Mankato10 +28.57%
Morehead State University4 -20.00%
Muhlenberg College3 -
Murray State University1 -100.00%
New England College3 -16.67%
North Central University1 -71.43%
Northeastern State University8 +400.00%
Northern Michigan University8 -40.00%
Northland College7 -66.67%
Northwestern University1 -
Oakland University21 +4.76%
Oberlin College27 +16.67%
Ohio Northern University3 +66.67%
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus1 -
Ohio University-Main Campus19 +64.29%
Ohio University-Southern Campus1 -
Ohio Wesleyan University6 -50.00%
Oklahoma Baptist University2 -
Oklahoma Christian University2 +50.00%
Oregon State University15 -
Otterbein University7 -36.36%
Pacific Lutheran University13 +9.09%
Pacific University4 +10.00%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College3 +50.00%
Pepperdine University7 -33.33%
Point Park University8 -
Portland State University29 +54.55%
Pratt Institute-Main23 -5.88%
Principia College2 -
Providence College13 +60.00%
Purdue University-Main Campus41 +87.50%
Queens University of Charlotte8 -16.67%
Randolph College1 -33.33%
Reinhardt University1 +200.00%
Rhode Island College8 +550.00%
Ringling College of Art and Design6 +200.00%
Roanoke College8 -53.33%
Rocky Mountain College3 -33.33%
Roger Williams University4 -33.33%
SUNY College at Plattsburgh9 -53.33%
SUNY College at Potsdam10 +18.75%
SUNY at Purchase College11 +21.05%
Saginaw Valley State University9 -50.00%
Saint Mary's College4 -81.82%
Salem College2 -50.00%
Salem State University10 -36.36%
Salve Regina University6 -
San Francisco State University16 -
School of the Art Institute of Chicago13 +10.00%
Seattle University15 -37.50%
Seton Hall University6 +14.29%
Seton Hill University1 -100.00%
Simmons University6 -33.33%
Southeastern University1 +300.00%
Southern Methodist University12 +266.67%
Southern New Hampshire University580 +33.33%
Southern Oregon University13 -21.43%
Spalding University2 -33.33%
St Bonaventure University2 -
St. Thomas Aquinas College3 -66.67%
State University of New York at Oswego27 -10.34%
Stephen F Austin State University11 +35.29%
Stephens College1 -20.00%
Stony Brook University15 -
Susquehanna University35 -2.56%
Sweet Briar College5 +50.00%
Syracuse University9 -
The New School12 +150.00%
The University of Findlay1 -33.33%
The University of Montana9 -
The University of Texas at El Paso23 -5.88%
The University of the South5 -
Thiel College1 -
Truman State University17 +17.65%
University of Arizona46 -1.64%
University of California-Riverside66 -9.26%
University of Central Arkansas21 -16.67%
University of Central Oklahoma12 -57.89%
University of Chicago31 +54.17%
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus35 -3.23%
University of Evansville2 -22.22%
University of Idaho12 -46.67%
University of Indianapolis5 +133.33%
University of La Verne2 -
University of Maine at Farmington14 -22.22%
University of Miami10 -20.00%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor27 +3.57%
University of Mobile2 -
University of Nebraska at Omaha11 -11.11%
University of North Carolina Wilmington33 -32.65%
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford1 -75.00%
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg7 -37.50%
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown3 +66.67%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus72 -27.36%
University of Puget Sound8 -73.68%
University of Redlands12 +300.00%
University of Rochester19 +116.67%
University of Southern California41 -5.13%
University of St Thomas11 +18.18%
University of Tulsa6 +25.00%
University of Washington-Seattle Campus36 -44.00%
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay12 -
University of the Arts12 -30.00%
Valparaiso University3 +25.00%
Vermont State University2 -
Waldorf University2 -100.00%
Warren Wilson College12 +160.00%
Washington University in St Louis17 +23.08%
Waynesburg University1 -
Weber State University30 +75.00%
Webster University7 -
Wellesley College4 +111.11%
Wells College4 -50.00%
West Virginia Wesleyan College1 +33.33%
Western Michigan University28 -32.26%
Western New England University1 +40.00%
Western Washington University115 +16.24%
Westminster University4 -
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)7 -14.29%
Wichita State University8 -18.18%
Yeshiva University2 -
Young Harris College5 -25.00%