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Creative Writing at Harvard University

Creative Writing at Harvard University

What traits are you looking for in a creative writing school? To help you decide if Harvard University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's creative writing program.

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 30,391 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Creative Writing section at the bottom of this page.

Harvard Creative Writing Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Creative Writing

Harvard Creative Writing Rankings

Creative Writing Student Demographics at Harvard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the creative writing majors at Harvard University.

Harvard Creative Writing Master’s Program

71% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of creative writing master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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Of the students who received a creative writing master's degree from Harvard, 51% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Harvard University with a master's in creative writing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 30
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 16

Careers That Creative Writing Grads May Go Into

A degree in creative writing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Editors 3,160 $89,280
English Language and Literature Professors 2,780 $80,450
Writers and Authors 1,490 $70,000

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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