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Pacific Lutheran University Creative Writing MFA
Pacific Lutheran University
Pacific Lutheran University offers a low-residency MFA in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, with four 10-day residencies. Listed price is the full program cost, locked for six semesters. Merit scholarships are available but not full funding.
Website: https://www.plu.edu/mfa/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$46,010.00
Based in Washington
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years (Regular Standing) or 2 years (Advanced Standing)
Class size: 8 new students per year (4 fiction, 4 poetry)
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Oregon State University, Cascades Creative Writing MFA
Oregon State University, Cascades
Oregon State University, Cascades offers a two-year low-residency MFA in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and screenwriting, with two 10-day residencies per year in Bend. Listed price is annual tuition.
Website: https://osucascades.edu/academics/mfa/tuition-and-fee-rates
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$37,327.00
Online course
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: 10 per year (5 fiction, 5 poetry)
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Hollins University Creative Writing MFA
Hollins University
Hollins University offers a two-year MFA in poetry, short fiction, novels, and creative nonfiction. Listed price is annual tuition. Teaching assistantships with tuition waivers and stipends are available.
Website: https://www.hollins.edu/programs/creative-writing-m-f-a/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$23,600.00
Based in Virginia
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: 20
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Hamline University Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA
Hamline University
Hamline offers a 2 year MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults in Saint Paul, covering picture books, middle-grade and YA fiction, graphic novels, verse novels, nonfiction, and poetry. Tuition covers the full 52-credit program.
Website: https://www.hamline.edu/academics/graduate/mfa-writing-ch...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$49,016.00
Based in Virginia
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: 3:1 to 5:1 student-faculty ratio
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Goucher College Creative Nonfiction MFA
Goucher College
Goucher College offers a low-residency MFA in creative nonfiction, with residencies in Baltimore and New York City. Nearly all students receive merit- or need-based scholarships. Tuition covers the full program.
Website: https://www.goucher.edu/learn/graduate-programs/mfa-in-no...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$47,830.00
Based in New York
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Fairfield University Creative Writing MFA
Fairfield University
Fairfield University offers a 24-month low-residency MFA on Enders Island in Mystic in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and screenwriting. The most promising applicant per residency pool receives a $5,000 fellowship. Listed price is annual tuition.
Website: https://emerson.edu/mahttps://www.fairfield.edu/academics...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$48,900.00
Based in Connecticut
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of Florida Creative Writing MFA
University of Florida
University of Florida offers a three-year MFA in poetry and fiction. Teaching assistantships with tuition waivers and stipends are available.
Website: https://english.fsu.edu/programs/creativewriting
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Based in Florida
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Dominican University of California Creative Writing MFA
Dominican University of California
Dominican University of California offers a two-year low-residency MFA in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and performance writing in San Rafael. Merit and need-based scholarships are available. Tuition covers the full 25-month program.
Website: https://www.dominican.edu/academics/graduate-programs/mas...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$43,240.00
Based in California
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: 3–5 students per mentor during mentorship semesters
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Chatham University Creative Writing MFA
Chatham University
Chatham offers a two-year residential MFA in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and nature and place-based writing in Pittsburgh. Teaching assistantships are available to full-time first-year students. Listed price is annual tuition.
Website: https://www.chatham.edu/academics/graduate/creative-writing/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$27,900.00
Based in Pennsylvania
Level: Any
Length:
2 years
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Completed baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, with a 3.0 GPA.
Carlow University Creative Writing MFA
Carlow University
Carlow University offers a low-residency MFA in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, completable in as few as five semesters. Listed tuition covers the full 36-credit program. Merit and need-based scholarships and assistantships are available.
Website: https://www.carlow.edu/academic-programs/english-communic...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$44,208.00
Based in Pennsylvania
Level: Advanced
Length:
5 semesters
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Butler University MFA
Butler University
Butler runs a three-year residential MFA in Indianapolis, admitting about 15 writers a year in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Listed tuition covers the full 36-credit program before fees. Scholarships and teaching fellowships are available.
Website: https://www.butler.edu/arts-sciences/master-fine-arts/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$33,002.00
Based in Indiana
Level: Any
Length:
3 years
Class size: 15
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Bard College MFA
Bard College
Bard offers an interdisciplinary studio MFA where writing sits alongside film, music, painting, and sculpture. It runs about two years and two months across three consecutive summers with winter study between. Listed price is first-year tuition only.
Website: https://www.bard.edu/mfa/tuition/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$27,194.00
Based in New York
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: 12
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
