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Saint Mary's College of California Creative Writing MFA
Saint Mary's College of California
Saint Mary's College of California offers a two-year residential MFA in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Listed price is annual tuition; students lock in their rate for two years.
Website: https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/graduate-professional-studies/...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$34,056.00
Based in California
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: No more than 14 students per genre
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Randolph College Creative Writing MFA
Randolph College Creative Writing MFA
Randolph College offers a two-year low-residency MFA in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Listed tuition covers the full program. Students who demonstrate financial need through FAFSA may be eligible for significant financial aid.
Website: https://www.randolphcollege.edu/mfa-cw/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
$32,760.00
Based in Virginia
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
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)
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
Price:
Free
Based in Illinois
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: 5-7 students per year
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Indiana University Creative Writing MFA
Indiana University
Indiana University offers a three-year MFA in poetry and fiction. All students are fully funded through an academic appointment: tuition remission, health insurance, a partial fee waiver, and a stipend of at least $19,000.
Website: https://english.illinois.edu/academics/our-mfa-creative-w...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Based in Illinois
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Class size: Fewer than 30 students
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)
Georgia College & State University Creative Writing MFA
Georgia College & State University
Georgia College & State University offers a three-year MFA in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. All admitted students are funded through a graduate assistantship with a tuition waiver and stipend. Funding requires assistantship duties.
Website: https://www.gcsu.edu/artsandsciences/english/mfa
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Price:
Free
Based in Georgia
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Class size: 25
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
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
Price:
Free
Based in Florida
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 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)
