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Florida State University
Florida State University
Florida State University offers a three-year MFA in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. All admitted students receive a three-year assistantship with a stipend, tuition waiver, and health-insurance subsidy. Funding requires teaching.
Website: https://english.fsu.edu/programs/creativewriting
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Florida
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Cornell University Creative Writing MFA
Cornell University
Cornell University offers a two-year MFA in poetry and fiction. All students are fully funded for two years: a guaranteed stipend, full tuition fellowship, and health insurance, for both domestic and international students.
Website: https://english.cornell.edu/mfa-program-creative-writing
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in New York
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Class size: 3 per concentration: poetry or fiction
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Colorado State University Creative Writing MFA
Colorado State University
Colorado State University offers a three-year MFA in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Six to nine students a year are fully funded through a teaching assistantship with a tuition waiver and monthly stipend. Fall entry only.
Website: https://english.colostate.edu/mfa-in-creative-writing/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Colorado
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Class size: 6-9 funded slots/year
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Brown University MFA
Brown University
Brown University offers a two-year MFA in fiction, poetry, and digital/cross-disciplinary. Fully funded, with a fellowship and stipend.
Website: https://literaryarts.brown.edu/courses/graduate-courses
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Rhode Island
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: Small cohorts
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Boston University Creative Writing MFA
Boston University
Boston University Creative Writing offers an one-year MFA in fiction and poetry. Fully funded, with a tuition waiver and stipend.
Website: https://www.bu.edu/creativewriting/academics/graduate-pro...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Massachusetts
Level: Advanced
Length:
1 year
Class size: 10
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Boise State University MFA
Boise State University
Boise State University offers a three-year MFA in poetry and fiction. Fully funded, with a tuition waiver and stipend.
Website: https://www.boisestate.edu/tfcw-cwmfa/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Idaho
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Wilkes University MFA
Wilkes University
Wilkes University offers an MFA in fiction, creative nonfiction, playwriting, screenwriting, writing for television, poetry, and more.
Website: https://www.wilkes.edu/academics/graduate-programs/creati...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Pennsylvania
Level: Advanced
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Western Washington University MFA
Western Washington University
Western Washington University offers a two-year MFA in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, multigenre, and hybrid.
Website: https://chss.wwu.edu/english/mfa-creative-writing
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Western Michigan University MFA
Western Michigan University
Western Michigan University offers an MFA in playwriting, fiction, and poetry.
Website: https://wmich.edu/english/academics/graduate/master-fine-...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Michigan
Level: Advanced
Length:
48 hours
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Western Connecticut State University MFA
Western Connecticut State University
Western Connecticut offers a low-residency MFA in creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, playwriting, and screenwriting, with two annual residencies in Danbury. Graduate assistantships with fee waivers and stipends are available.
Website: https://www.wcsu.edu/writing-mfa/apply/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Connecticut
Level: Advanced
Length:
2-4 years (students may complete in 2, 3, or 4 years according to personal preference)
Prerequisites: Baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education
Western Colorado University MFA
Western Colorado University
Western Colorado University offers an MFA in poetry, genre fiction, nature writing, screenwriting, and publishing.
Website: https://western.edu/graduate/graduate-program-creative-wr...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Colorado
Level: Advanced
Length:
60 credits
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Warren Wilson College MFA
Warren Wilson College
Warren Wilson College offers a four-semester low-residency MFA in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Need-based scholarships are available.
Website: https://www.warren-wilson.edu/programs/mfa-in-creative-wr...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in North Carolina
Level: Advanced
Length:
Four semesters
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
