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University of Massachusetts Amherst MFA
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst offers a three-year MFA in poetry and prose.
Website: https://www.umass.edu/english/about-program
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Massachusetts
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of Maryland MFA
University of Maryland
University of Maryland offers a two-to-three-year MFA in fiction and poetry. Teaching assistantships with tuition waivers and stipends are available.
Website: https://english.umd.edu/academic-programs/graduate/creati...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Maryland
Level: Advanced
Length:
2-3 years
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of Kentucky MFA
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky offers a two-year MFA in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Teaching assistantships with tuition waivers and stipends are available.
Website: https://english.as.uky.edu/mfa
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Kentucky
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of Kansas MFA
University of Kansas
University of Kansas offers a three-year MFA in poetry, prose fiction, drama, nonfiction prose, playwriting, screenwriting, and more. Teaching assistantships with tuition waivers and stipends are available.
Website: https://english.ku.edu/mfa
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Kansas
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of Georgia MFA
University of Georgia
University of Georgia offers a two-year low-residency MFA in narrative nonfiction and screenwriting.
Website: https://mfa.uga.edu/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Georgia
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of Central Florida MFA
University of Central Florida
University of Central Florida offers a two-year residential MFA in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and hybrid and experimental forms in Orlando. Provost Fellowships with tuition waivers and stipends are available.
Website: https://cah.ucf.edu/english/creative-writing-mfa/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Florida
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years (36 credits)
Class size: 30-40 students total in program; 15-20 admitted per year
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of Central Arkansas MFA
University of Central Arkansas
University of Central Arkansas offers an MFA. Two publishing assistantships and the Porter Fund Scholarship are available.
Website: https://uca.edu/ftcw/mfa-in-creative-writing/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Arkansas
Level: Advanced
Length:
45 hours
Class size: 5 to 8 students annually
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of California, San Diego MFA
University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego offers a three years, full-time, in-person MFA. All admitted students are funded; most are eligible for scholarships and fellowships in addition to.
Website: https://literature.ucsd.edu/grad-mfa/index.html
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in San Diego
Level: Advanced
Length:
Three years, full-time, in-person
Class size: 4 to 8 new students admitted per year
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of California, Davis MFA
University of California, Davis
University of California, Davis offers a two-year MFA in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid/multi-genre.
Website: https://english.ucdavis.edu/mfa-creative-writing
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in California
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of California Riverside, Palm Desert MFA
University of California Riverside, Palm Desert
University of California Riverside, Palm Desert offers a low-residency MFA in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, and playwriting.
Website: https://palmdesertmfa.ucr.edu/degree-requirements
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in California
Level: Advanced
Length:
7 quarters
Class size: Small cohorts
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of Baltimore MFA
University of Baltimore
University of Baltimore offers an MFA in creative writing, fiction, and book arts.
Website: https://www.ubalt.edu/schools-and-colleges/yale-gordon-co...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Maryland
Level: Advanced
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville MFA
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville offers a four-year MFA in fiction, poetry, and literary translation. Fellowships are available.
Website: https://english.uark.edu/graduate/mfa-in-creative-writing/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Arkansas
Level: Advanced
Length:
4 years
Class size: Up to five students in each genre
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
