2025 Best Creative Writing Schools in Arizona

Creative Writing is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #120 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Creative Writing Schools in Arizona ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 119 degrees in creative writing to qualified students.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Creative Writing Schools in Arizona ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Creative Writing in Arizona

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the creative writing degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Arizona Schools in Creative Writing

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

73 Creative Writing Degrees Awarded

University of Arizona is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in creative writing. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in creative writing from University of Arizona

2

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

37.0% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in creative writing has to check out Northern Arizona University. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in creative writing from Northern Arizona University

Best Creative Writing Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Creative Writing Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	905	154
Oklahoma	565	49
New Mexico	416	35

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Creative Writing Related Rankings by Major

Creative Writing is one of 4 different types of Writing Studies programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing	194
Rhetoric & Composition	17
General Writing	5
Other Rhetoric & Composition/Writing Studies	1

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.