Study Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University in the USA, College of Liberal and Creative Arts

About this course

About this course
- Overview
- Department
Study options
Entry requirements
- International

What will I learn?

The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing is a 54 unit program which consists of writing workshops as well as creative process and/or literature courses. It also requires a 12 unit correlative, a cluster of courses related to your special interests. The M.F.A. degree takes about three years for a full time student to complete M.F.A. students can attend part time and have seven years in which to complete all the requirements for their degree. The M.F.A. is the terminal degree in creative writing. If your goal is to teach creative writing at the four year college or university level, you will need an M.F.A. degree in addition to book publication now, many community colleges also hire M.F.A.s to teach in their English Programs. The M.F.A. will, like the M.A., prepare you for an English Ph.D. program.

Which department am I in?

College of Liberal and Creative Arts

Study options

Full Time (6 Semesters)

Tuition fees

US$15,576.00 per year

Student Health Service Fee - 276.00

Start date

August 2027

Venue

Main Campus

1600 Holloway Avenue,

San Francisco,

California,

94132, West, United States

Entry requirements

For international students

Hold a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution, or shall have completed equivalent academic preparation as determined by the appropriate campus authority.

Have a 3.0 GPA in their earned undergraduate degree or in the last 60 semester (90 quarter) units completed, or have earned a post-baccalaureate degree.

Minimum TOEFL iBT 80, IELTS 6.5 or PTE 55; some majors require higher scores

All application materials are to be uploaded by January 15 for the fall semester.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.