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Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Vermont College of Fine Arts offers a two-and-a-half-year MFA in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Website: https://vcfa.edu/programs/mfa-in-writing/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Vermont
Level: Advanced
Length:
2.5 years
Class size: 5:1 student-to-faculty ratio
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of Wisconsin, Madison MFA
University of Wisconsin, Madison
University of Wisconsin, Madison offers a two-year MFA in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, playwriting, and comics.
Website: https://creativewriting.wisc.edu/masters/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Wisconsin
Level: Advanced
Length:
Two years
Class size: 6
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of Utah MFA
University of Utah
University of Utah offers an MFA in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, digital writing, hybrid forms, experimental forms, and more.
Website: https://english.utah.edu/graduate/creative-writing.php
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Utah
Level: Advanced
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of Texas, El Paso (UTEP) MFA
University of Texas, El Paso
University of Texas, El Paso (UTEP) offers a two-year MFA in fiction, poetry, literary translation, and non-fiction. Teaching assistantships with tuition waivers and stipends are available.
Website: https://www.utep.edu/liberalarts/creative-writing/academi...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Texas
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of Pittsburgh MFA
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh offers a two-year MFA in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Teaching assistantships with tuition waivers and stipends are available.
Website: https://www.writing.pitt.edu/graduate
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Pennsylvania
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of North Carolina, Wilmington MFA
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
University of North Carolina, Wilmington offers a three-year residential MFA in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. The GRE is not required and letters of recommendation are not accepted.
Website: https://uncw.edu/academics/majors-programs/chssa/creative...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in North Carolina
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of New Orleans MFA
University of New Orleans
University of New Orleans offers a three-year residential MFA in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and playwriting. A Master's Scholarship covering all in-state tuition is available.
Website: https://www.uno.edu/academics/colaehd/la/cw-mfa
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Louisiana
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years (6 semesters)
Class size: 7-10 students (capped at 12) in workshops; 8-12 (capped at 14) in literature seminars
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of New Mexico MFA
University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico offers a three-year MFA in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Teaching assistantships with tuition waivers and stipends are available.
Website: https://english.unm.edu/grad/prospective-students/program...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in New Mexico
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of Nebraska Omaha MFA
University of Nebraska Omaha
University of Nebraska Omaha offers an MFA in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting, and young adult.
Website: https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-communication-fine-art...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Nebraska
Level: Advanced
Length:
60 credit hours over four 16-week at-home semesters with five 10-day residencies
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of Montana, Missoula MFA
University of Montana, Missoula
University of Montana, Missoula offers a two-year residential MFA in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Teaching assistantships with tuition waivers and stipends are available.
Website: https://www.umt.edu/creative-writing/graduate/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Montana
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years (some students attend part-time for 3 years)
Class size: 40-50 total students across all cohorts (20 fiction, 10 nonfiction, 20 poetry admitted per year)
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of Missouri, St. Louis MFA
University of Missouri, St. Louis
University of Missouri-St. Louis offers a residential MFA in fiction and poetry. Students do editorial work with the literary magazine Boulevard.
Website: https://www.umsl.edu/divisions/artscience/english/mfa/ind...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Missouri
Level: Advanced
Length:
39 credit hours
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of Missouri At Kansas City MFA
University of Missouri At Kansas City
University of Missouri At Kansas City offers an MFA in creative nonfiction, fiction, playwriting, poetry, and screenwriting.
Website: https://shss.umkc.edu/areas-of-study/english/mfa-creative...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Missouri
Level: Advanced
Prerequisites: B.A. in English is recommended but not required
