Schools With Creative Writing Majors

University of Iowa

• U.S. News and World Report ranks the University of Iowa creative writing programs as the best in the nation. The university offers a graduate level Writers' Workshop for students to earn an M.F.A. in creative writing through a two-year residency program. Students must complete a written examination at the end of the program and a fiction or poetry manuscript at the end of each semester. Exceptional students in Iowa's English Ph.D. program sometimes get the rare opportunity to present a creative writing dissertation instead of the standard one required for that degree. The school also offers undergraduate courses and workshops in fiction, poetry and creative writing for health professionals.

  Creative Writing Program

  The University of Iowa

  102 Dey House

  Iowa City, IA 52242-1000

  319-335-0416

  uiowa.edu

Johns Hopkins University

• Johns Hopkins University administers the country's second highest-ranking creative writing program, according to U.S. News and World Report. The school awards a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree in creative writing, known as the Writing Seminars B.A. program. In addition to the introduction to fiction and poetry courses, students choose from creative writing courses such as story and plot, dramatic and narrative forms, modernist poetry, opinion writing, autobiography, play or film writing and advanced creative writing workshops. Johns Hopkins also offers an M.F.A. in fiction and poetry and a master of arts in science writing as part of the Writing Seminars.

  The Writing Seminars

  The Johns Hopkins University

  Dell House, Suite 702

  3400 N. Charles Street

  Baltimore, MD 21218

  410-516-6286

  writingseminars.jhu.edu

University of Houston

• The University of Houston's Department of English offers M.F.A. and Ph.D. programs in creative writing. The programs rank as the third best in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report. The M.F.A. program prepares students with skills for submitting writing for publication, working with agents and publishers, teaching creative writing and entering a Ph.D. program. Creative writing students also take part in a reading series at eight popular off-campus venues to share their work with the public. Students can also enter works into department competitions for prizes ranging from $100 to $10,000.

  Creative Writing Program

  College of Liberal Arts

  University of Houston

  229 Roy Cullen Building

  Houston, Texas 77204-5008

  713-743-2255

  uh.edu