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386 Master's degrees in Creative Writing in United States

Creative Writing
Since the late 1960s, California State University Long Beach has promoted the value and significance of Creative Writing as part of its educational mission. Building on a thriving undergraduate programme, CSULB welcomed its first class of MFA students in Creative Writing in 1995.
English - Creative Writing Emphasis
English - Creative Writing Emphasis is a versatile degree that prepares you to pursue a career in a variety of industries. While studying at Weber State University, you will fine-tune your critical thinking, and your written and oral communication skills.

Creative and Professional Writing
The Creative and Professional Writing programme offered at William Paterson University is a full-residency, HyFlex programme of 34 credits, with tracks in Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Cross-Genre.
Creative Writing and Poetics
Creative Writing and Poetics from Naropa University encourages the practice of writing as literary experiment: a radical inquiry into mind and language, and, by extension, into the nature of otherness and interdependence.
Creative Writing and Media Arts - Screenwriting
The Creative Writing and Media Arts - Screenwriting at University of Missouri - Kansas City graduates will show mastery of screenwriting craft through the creation of a full-length manuscript that: a) is structurally sound; b) is polished and complete; c) has a distinct voice and/or vision.
Professional Writing
The Master of Professional Writing (MPW) from University of Oklahoma is one of the first programs of its kind in the United States, focusing on popular fiction and nonfiction.
Composition and Rhetoric
Composition and Rhetoric from University of Central Oklahoma prepares students for post-secondary teaching and doctoral-level research in these fields.
Creative Writing
Beginning in the academic year 2019 -2020, the University of California, Davis, will offer a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing through the Department of English.
Creative Writing
The Creative Writing program at The Ohio State University is designed to help graduate students develop to the fullest their talents and abilities as writers of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction.
Professional Creative Writing
Professional Creative Writing from University of Denver helps students cultivate your writing skills, learn how to offer work to publishers and agents, and lay the foundation for creating a personal brand.
Creative Writing
Creative Writing from Western Colorado University lets you pursue your dream of becoming a published author.
Creative Writing
Develop your writing at the Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from University of Nevada, Reno through expert mentorship, workshops, publishing classes, and a faculty-guided thesis.
Playwriting
The Iowa Playwrights Workshop—The University of Iowa's MFA Program in Playwriting—is an intensive three-year program at the The University of Iowa dedicated to educating playwrights for the professional theatre. We train talented playwrights and collaborative theatre artists who will lead the American theatre in the creation of new works and the training of future generations of playwrights.
Creative Writing
The Creative Writing MFA program at the University of Utah in creative writing is small and selective. It gives students the opportunity to study literature, participate in intensive writing workshops, and work in a close community of writers.
Creative Writing
Oregon State University has a long tradition of excellence in producing and teaching Creative Writing, going all the way back to the 1950s when the future distinguished novelist William Kittredge was a student here, and Bernard Malamud won a National Book Award while teaching in the English Department.
Creative Writing
We offer a master degree in Creative Writing at the Adelphi University. Our unique (actually unique!) curriculum will prepare you for today’s dynamic literary world by requiring in-depth practice across genres.
Creative Writing
The Creative Writing MFA program from California State University, Fresno offers advanced degree training to talented students who wish to gain expertise in the writing of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction.
Screenwriting
In the New York Film Academy Master’s of Fine Arts (MFA) in Screenwriting degree program, students master cinematic storytelling concepts and techniques.
Creative Writing
The MFA in Creative Writing program from Augsburg University can be completed in nine courses (46 credits) over two years by taking the three summer residencies, four long-distance mentorship and reading courses (fall and spring semesters), a craft paper course, and a thesis course.
Theatre
The Theatre MAT program offered at University of South Carolina prepares students seeking initial certification in theatre for careers in public education. Students participate in two extensive internships in public schools in addition to other teaching opportunities in combination with the coursework.