Creative Writing

689 Master's degrees in Creative Writing

North Carolina State University4,2(46)

Raleigh, United States Top 2% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

Specialize in poetry or fiction through North Carolina State University's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Work with our award-winning poets and writers to hone your craft.

M.F.A. Full-time On-campus

2 years$34,033/yr

Teesside University4,4(75)

Online Top 9% in Worldwide

Creative Writing (Distance Learning)

This Creative Writing (Distance Learning) from Teesside University is your opportunity to develop your writing practice at the times that work for you, wherever you are in the world.

M.A. Part-time Online

2 years$11,480/yr

Teesside University4,4(75)

Online Top 9% in Worldwide

Creative Writing and Wellbeing (Online)

Are you interested in the ways that creative writing can be used as a tool for wellbeing? Perhaps you already work with creative writing in this context or maybe you’d like to find out more about this growing field of practice and research? Teesside University offers a masterin Creative Writing and Wellbeing (Online).

M.A. Full-time +2 Online

1 year$11,480/yr

San Diego State University4,5(35)

San Diego, United States Top 4% in Worldwide

Rhetoric and Writing Studies

San Diego State University offers a Master of Arts Degree in Rhetoric and Writing Studies. They welcome students from a variety of backgrounds whose interests include theories and histories of rhetoric, professional and technical writing, the teaching of writing, new media, and rhetorics of culture, politics and social difference.

M.A. Full-time On-campus

1 year$11,548/yr

Liberty University4,2(26)

Online

Composition (Online)

Are you passionate about the English language? Are you interested in helping others learn to communicate effectively and persuasively? If so, then Liberty University’s Master of Arts in Composition (Online) degree programme is a good next step for your education and your career.

M.A. Part-time Online

1½ year$15,480/yr

University of Oklahoma4,5(30)

Norman, United States Top 3% in Worldwide

English - Rhetoric and Writing Studies

The strengths of the English - Rhetoric and Writing Studies program at University of Oklahoma are flexibility, immersion, and student engagement in developing their own courses of study based on areas of interest.

M.A. Full-time On-campus

1 year$22,256/yr

Bath Spa University4,2(28)

Corsham, United Kingdom

Creative Writing

This Creative Writing course offered by Bath Spa University will help you to bring a novel, book of poems, book of short stories or work of non-fiction as near to publishable quality as possible.

M.A. Full-time +2 On-campus

1 year$25,023/yr

Durham University4,3(38)

Durham, United Kingdom Top 1% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

This Creative Writing MA at Durham University is an academically rigorous degree that will develop your practical knowledge of writing poetry and prose fiction.

M.A. Full-time +2 On-campus

1 year$37,317/yr

MetFilm School4,0(2)

Leeds, United Kingdom

Screenwriting

MA Screenwriting from MetFilm School is designed to enable you to develop the skills and understanding needed to work as a writer in today’s screen industries.

M.A. Full-time On-campus

1 year$25,104/yr

University College Dublin4,3(162)

Dublin, Ireland Top 1% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

The MA in Creative Writing at University College Dublin builds on the well established commitment of the UCD School of English, Drama and Film to fostering and supporting new writing.

M.A. Full-time On-campus

1 year$26,478/yr

Loughborough University4,4(55)

Loughborough, United Kingdom Top 2% in Worldwide

Creative Writing and the Writing Industries

The Creative Writing and the Writing Industries programme from Loughborough University allows graduates to refine and apply their writing skills in today’s context, and gain a comprehensive knowledge of the writing industries, including publishing pathways, professional practices, and cultural communications.

M.A. Full-time +2 On-campus

1 year$34,603/yr

Brunel University of London4,0(143)

London, United Kingdom Top 2% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

The Creative Writing master degree offered by Brunel University of London is designed to equip you with a broad range of advanced creative writing skills and academic accreditation for your creative work.

M.A. Full-time +2 On-campus

1 year$27,683/yr

Birkbeck, University of London4,1(35)

London, United Kingdom Top 3% in Worldwide

Screenwriting

This postgraduate course in Screenwriting (MA, PG Cert) at Birkbeck, University of London, allows students to refine their writing skills to a professional level. The programme can be pursued full-time or part-time, with classes held on campus in the evenings. The course duration is one year for full-time students and two years for part-time students, commencing in October 2026.

M.A. Full-time +2 On-campus

1 year$27,601/yr

Temple University4,2(71)

Philadelphia, United States Top 2% in Worldwide

Theater - Playwriting

Develop and refine your voice as a writer—and gain the skills you need to sustain a life in the arts—with the Master of Fine Arts in Theater - Playwriting at Temple University's School of Theater, Film and Media Arts.

M.F.A. Full-time On-campus

3 years$35,020/yr

University of Wisconsin Madison4,1(8)

Madison, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Creative Writing

The program in Creative Writing at University of Wisconsin Madison offers a two-year master of fine arts degree in creative writing in the areas of fiction and poetry.

M.F.A. Full-time On-campus

2 years$25,732/yr

Rowan University4,2(11)

Glassboro, United States Top 9% in Worldwide

Writing

The Writing programme at Rowan University is a Master of Arts (MA) degree designed for completion in four semesters. This 30-credit course offers flexible study modes for creative writers and educators. Students explore diverse genres and professional practices through a comprehensive curriculum at this respected institution.

M.A. Full-time On-campus

1 year$26,310/yr

Wilkes University3,0(1)

Wilkes-Barre, United States

Creative Writing

Follow your passion, write your story and work to get published. Join the more than 600 writers from around the globe who have chosen Wilkes University to advance their craft in a variety of writing genres in this Creative Writing program.

Master Full-time On-campus

1 year$22,500/yr

University of Washington4,2(54)

Seattle, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Creative Writing and Poetics

The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Poetics at the University of Washington Bothell is dedicated to helping each student develop their creative work through a course of study that encourages exploration and discovery.

M.F.A. Full-time On-campus

2 years$16,040/yr

California State University Fullerton4,4(8)

Fullerton, United States Top 7% in Worldwide

Screenwriting

The Screenwriting degree at California State University Fullerton will prepare you to break into the entertainment industry. In the first year alone, you'll write one feature film, one spec TV sitcom, and one spec hour-long TV drama.

M.F.A. Full-time On-campus

2 years$7,571/yr

Seton Hill University4,5(2)

Online

Writing Popular Fiction

This one-of-a-kind Writing Popular Fiction program of Seton Hill University teaches writers to create – and market – the fiction that sells. It is designed for new or experienced authors who wish to write within popular fiction genres such as romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery or young adult.

M.F.A. Part-time Online

1 year$28,470/yr