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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Creative Writing MFA
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign offers a three-year MFA in fiction and poetry. All students are fully funded: full tuition waivers, guaranteed teaching assistantships, and partial fee waivers throughout. Funding requires teaching.
Website: https://english.illinois.edu/academics/our-mfa-creative-w...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Illinois
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Class size: Small cohorts
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Creative Writing MFA
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale offers an MFA in poetry and fiction. Almost all students hold a graduate assistantship providing tuition remission and a stipend ($13,000-$14,500/year). Funding requires assistantship duties.
Website: https://academics.siu.edu/humanities-social-sciences/engl...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Illinois
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: Small cohorts
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Northwestern University Litowitz MFA+MA Program
Northwestern University
Northwestern University's Litowitz MFA+MA Program offers a two-year MFA in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. All admitted students are fully funded: tuition plus a stipend for two academic years and two summers.
Website: https://english.northwestern.edu/graduate/mfa-ma-program/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Illinois
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: 5-7 students per year
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
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Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville MFA
Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville
Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville offers an MFA in poetry and fiction.
Website: https://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/english/graduate/MFA...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Illinois
Level: Advanced
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago MFA
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
School of the Art Institute of Chicago offers a two-year MFA in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and playwriting. Teaching assistantships with tuition waivers and stipends are available.
Website: https://www.saic.edu/writing/graduate/overview
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Illinois
Level: Advanced
Length:
Two years
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
DePaul University MFA
DePaul University
DePaul University offers an MFA in novel, memoir, poetry, and stories, completable in as little as two years.
Website: https://las.depaul.edu/academics/english/graduate/creativ...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Illinois
Level: Advanced
Length:
As little as two years
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Chicago State University MFA
Chicago State University
Chicago State University offers an MFA in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, and television writing.
Website: https://www.csu.edu/english/mfa/requirements.htm
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Illinois
Level: Advanced
Length:
36 semester hours
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
