Lists and Rankings

Colleges for the Creative Writer

Whether you're a J.K. Rowling or a Stephen King, you'll find your niche at these schools. They have some of the best writing departments in the world...just make sure you're ready for lots of peer reviews!

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The Top Choices

• Bard College (Annandale on Hudson, NY)
• Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Emerson College (Boston, MA)
• Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
• Kenyon College (Gambier, OH)
• Knox College (Galesburg, IL)
• Lewis and Clark College (Portland, OR)
• Middlebury College (Middlebury, VT)
• Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH)
• Santa Fe University of Art and Design (Santa Fe, NM)
• Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY)
• The University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
• University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
• University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA)
• University of Redlands (Redlands, CA)
• Washington College (Chestertown, MD)

Honorable Mention

• Bennington College (Bennington, VT)
• Brown University (Providence, RI)
• Colorado College (Colorado Springs, CO)
• Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, PA)
• University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA)
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
• Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
• Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT)