MFA Creative Writing Programs

State By State List of Creative Writing MFA Programs

Alabama
University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa

Alaska
University of Alaska – Anchorage
University of Alaska – Fairbanks

Arizona
University of Arizona
Arizona State University

Arkansas
University of Arkansas

California
Antioch University – Los Angeles
California College of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts / CalArts
California State University – Fresno
California State University – Long Beach
Chapman University
Mills College – Poetry / Prose
Otis College of Art and Design
Saint Mary’s College of California
San Diego State University
San Fransisco State University
San Jose State University
University of California – Irvine
University of California – Riverside
University of California – San Diego
University of San Francisco
University of Southern California

Colorado
Colorado State University
Naropa University
University of Colorado Boulder

District of Columbia
American University

Florida
Florida Atlantic University
Florida International University
Florida State University
University of Central Florida
University of Florida
University of Miami
University of South Florida

Georgia
Georgia College & State University
Georgia State University
University of Georgia

Idaho
Boise State University
University of Idaho

Illinois
Columbia College Chicago – poetry / Fiction
Northwestern University
Roosevelt University
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Southern Illinois University – Carbondale
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign

Indiana
Indiana University
Purdue University
University of Notre Dame

Iowa
Iowa State University
University of Iowa – Fiction / Nonfiction

Kansas
University of Kansas
Wichita State University

Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky University
Murray State University
Spalding University

Louisiana
University of New Orleans
Louisiana State University
McNeese State University

Maine
University of Southern Maine (Stonecoast)

Maryland
Goucher College
Johns Hopkins University
University of Baltimore
University of Maryland

Massachussetts
Boston University
Emerson College
Lesley University
Pine Manor College
University of Massachusetts – Amherst

Michigan
Northern Michigan University
University of Michigan
Western Michigan University

Minnesota
Hamline University
Minnesota State University – Mankato
Minnesota State University – Moorhead
University of Minnesota

Mississippi
University of Mississippi

Missouri
University of Missouri – St. Louis
Washington University – St. Louis

Montana
University of Montana

Nebraska
University of Nebraska-Omaha

Nevada
University of Nevada – Las Vegas

New Hampshire
New England College
Southern New Hampshire University
University of New Hampshire

New Jersey
Drew University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Rutgers University

New Mexico
New Mexico State University
University of New Mexico

New York
Adelphi University
Bard College
Brooklyn College
City College Of New York – CUNY
Columbia University School of the Arts
Cornell University
Hunter College – CUNY
The New SChool
Long Island University – Brooklyn
New York University
Queens College
Sarah Lawrence College
Stony Brook – Southampton
Syracuse University

North Carolina
North Carolina State University
Queens University of Charlotte
University of North Carolina – Greensboro
University of North Carolina – Wilmington
Warren Wilson College
Ashland University

Ohio
Bowling Green State University
Northeast Ohio Universities Consortium
Ohio State University

Oregon
Oregon State University
Pacific University
University of Oregon

Pennsylvania
Carlow University
Chatham University
Pennsylvania State University
Rosemont College
University of Pittsburgh
Wilkes University

Rhode Island
Brown University
Converse College

South Carolina
University of South Carolina

Tennessee
The University of Memphis
Vanderbilt University

Texas
Texas State University
University of Houston
University of Texas – Austin
University of Texas – El Paso
University of Texas – Pan American

Utah
University of Utah

Vermont
Bennington College
Goddard College
Vermont College of Fine Arts

Virginia
George Mason University
Hollins University
Old Dominion University
University of Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Tech University

Washington
Eastern Washington University
Pacific Luthern University
Seattle Pacific University
University of Washington
Whidbey Writers Workshop

West Virginia
West Virginia University

Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin – Madison

Wyoming
University of Wyoming

Canada
University of British Columbia
Fairfield University