Located in New York City, Hunter College is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Students enrolled in the school's Bachelor of Arts in English-Creative Writing program must fulfill all English major core requirements in addition to the creative writing requirements. Courses include workshops in nonfiction, poetry and screenwriting, and concludes with a special studies seminar. The topic of the seminar changes every year, but past seminars have included advanced prose writing, strategies in fiction and advanced poetry workshops.
Located in Eugene, the University of Oregon is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. The school offers a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and was ranked as the eighth highest program of its kind by "Poets and Writers" magazine in 2010. Students can concentrate on fiction or poetry. Students take six workshops in consecutive quarters, four writing seminars and must complete a thesis. The thesis can be a work of poetry or fiction.
Located in Austin, the University of Texas is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Students can choose between a Master of Arts or a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Offered through the University of Texas English department, students in the Master of Arts program specialize in either fiction or poetry and must complete 36 credit hours of coursework. Students in the Master of Fine Arts program choose two concentrations from fiction, poetry, screen-writing and play-writing and are supported full-time through the James Madison fellowship.
Located in Los Angeles, the University of Southern California is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and offers a Ph.D in creative writing. The program places a dual emphasis on literature and creative writing. Students approach literary works from an academic standpoint in addition to analyzing the creative process that went into creating those works. Coursework includes fundamental theory and history of British and American literature in addition to workshops, theory courses and special topics.