Overview
About the Program
The Creative Writing program of Rutgers University offers a multi-genre approach to poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction taught by a distinguished, award-winning faculty. The Writers House, located on Camden’s historic Cooper Street, is a vibrant center for literary programming and community outreach. It is home to the program’s writing workshops and seminars. All of these elements together provide not just models of writing on the page, but modes of living as a writer who is actively engaged in a community.
Programme Structure
- Five creative writing workshops (15 credits)
- Three literature classes (9 credits)
- Three craft classes (9 credits)
- One elective (3 credits)
- One thesis independent study (3 credits)
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Language Studies Creative Writing Literature View 412 other Masters in Creative Writing in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- A transcript showing the completion of a B.A. degree, with a grade-point average of 3.0 or better
- Two letters of reference
- A short personal statement about your background and goals
- A writing sample—20 to 30 pages of fiction or non-fiction, or ten pages of poetry, or a combination thereof—10 to 15 pages of prose and five pages of poetry. You may include one or more complete short stories, excerpts from short stories, or excerpts from a novel or novella.
- Submission of GRE scores is not required
Tuition Fee
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International
30816 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 15408 USD per semester during 12 months. -
National
30816 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 15408 USD per semester during 12 months. -
In-State
18696 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 9348 USD per semester during 12 months.
Living costs for Camden
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Scholarships Information
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