Overview

Focus Areas

Our Writing program at Pacific University Oregon offers a high level of craft and conversation, upheld by the good humor and care of a community of individuals who share a passion for art. We value and promote diversity, equity and inclusion, and our work in this regard is ongoing. The talents, skills and perspectives of our individual members together create a culture of belonging, collaboration, discovery and respect.

We believe in inspiration but also in revision. We believe there is no one way to write and no right way to write. Above all, we believe in quality and originality in any guise. We know that the writer’s life is a full and complex one, and the MFA program welcomes students who have full-time jobs and other obligations. Our writers will meet you where you are.

Pacific’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing program presents learning in its truest sense, meaning, simply, that we are all in this together.

Programme Structure

First Semester & Second Semester:

Residency review
Creative work in one’s genre (or, during the second semester, in a second genre if approved by the Academic Board)
A bibliography of approximately 20 works
Reading commentaries on 12-15 works
Written midterm and semester assessments

Third Semester:

Residency review
Creative work in one’s genre
An annotated bibliography of approximately 20 works
A critical essay on work by published authors
Written midterm and semester assessments

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-06-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-15 00:00:00

More details

Priority deadlines: September 1 for January start and March 1 for June start. Applications accepted until November 15 and May 15 if space remains.

Language

English

Credits

60 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Forest Grove, United States

Disciplines

Creative Writing Literature View 87 other Masters in Creative Writing in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Application Form

Creative manuscript — Submit work in the genre you wish to study.

Personal essay — Maximum of three pages

Critical analysis — Submit a critical essay that explores some aspect or element of craft in a literary work in the genre you wish to study

Two letters of reference

Transcripts

Application fee — A non-refundable fee of $50 is required for an application in one genre. A non-refundable fee of $75 is required for an application in two genres.

Pacific University is certified as a Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) school, meaning that a Form I-20, “Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant (F-1) Student Status,” can be issued to international students enrolled in Pacific's low-residency MFA program.

Admitted international students will be issued an I-20 that is valid for the length of the residency, plus travel time.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

22624 USD / year

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Out-of-State

22624 USD / year

≈ 22624 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

22624 USD / year

≈ 22624 USD / year

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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