Kansas
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Subject areas: Fiction, Poetry, Playwriting, Creative Nonfiction
Faculty: Douglas Atkins, William J. Harris, Kenneth Irby, Michael L. Johnson, Paul Stephen Lim, Tom Lorenz, Chester Sullivan, Deb Olin Unferth
Length: 3 years
# of credits: 48
Tuition per year: Easier to go by credit. Tuition per credit is $240.65 (residents); $575.05 (non-residents). In all, the degree should cost about $12 K (residents); $28 K (non-residents).
Application materials: Submit to Graduate School: Degree-Seeking Application for Admission, $45 application fee (online applicants) or $55 application fee (paper applicants), transcript; submit to Department of English: Department of English Application Coversheet, 3 recommendations (with completed waiver forms), GRE scores, transcript, personal statement, 2 “examples” of creative writing, resume
Deadline: For fall: 31 Dec. if you want to be considered for fellowships and teaching assistantships; 1 Mar. if you want to be considered for the program without financial support. No spring admissions.
Financial Aid: Graduate Teaching Assistantships and internships with Cottonwood Literary Review, and/or the English Alternative Theater, are available (the conditions of these internships, such as stipend value and tuition remission, are not specified). A number of annual prizes and awards recognize outstanding achievements in teaching and creative writing.
Web address: http://www2.ku.edu/~englishmfa
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY
Subject areas: Fiction, Poetry
Faculty: Margaret Dawe, Albert Goldbarth, Jeanine Hathaway, W. Stephen Hathaway, Richard Spilman
Length: 3 years
# of credits: 48
Tuition per year: Easier to go by credit. Tuition per credit is $206.20 (residents); $556.10 (non-residents). The entire 48-credit degree should cost about $10 K (residents) or $27 K (non-residents).
Application materials: Submit to Graduate School: Application for Graduate School Admission, $35 application fee, 2 transcripts. Submit to Department of English: creative writing sample; if interested in Teaching Assistantship, also submit TA application, 3 recommendations, and expository writing sample. Statement of purpose not mentioned on application form (I guess it’s not required). GRE apparently not required (on the application form instructions the GRE is under the “minimum admission requirements” for doctoral programs but not mentioned in the “minimum admission requirements” for master’s and specialist programs).
Deadline: 10 Feb. (fall); 1 Oct. (spring)
Financial Aid: All qualified students entering the program receive financial aid, usually in the form of a graduate teaching assistantship (stipend of $8.5 K in 2007-08) and a tuition waiver. 2nd- and 3rd- year students are eligible to apply for fellowships which eliminate the teaching load during the fellowship year, allowing the recipients time to devote to writing. Aid is typically for 3 years.
Web address: http://webs.wichita.edu/cwfwww
Subject areas: Fiction, Poetry, Playwriting, Creative Nonfiction
Faculty: Douglas Atkins, William J. Harris, Kenneth Irby, Michael L. Johnson, Paul Stephen Lim, Tom Lorenz, Chester Sullivan, Deb Olin Unferth
Length: 3 years
# of credits: 48
Tuition per year: Easier to go by credit. Tuition per credit is $240.65 (residents); $575.05 (non-residents). In all, the degree should cost about $12 K (residents); $28 K (non-residents).
Application materials: Submit to Graduate School: Degree-Seeking Application for Admission, $45 application fee (online applicants) or $55 application fee (paper applicants), transcript; submit to Department of English: Department of English Application Coversheet, 3 recommendations (with completed waiver forms), GRE scores, transcript, personal statement, 2 “examples” of creative writing, resume
Deadline: For fall: 31 Dec. if you want to be considered for fellowships and teaching assistantships; 1 Mar. if you want to be considered for the program without financial support. No spring admissions.
Financial Aid: Graduate Teaching Assistantships and internships with Cottonwood Literary Review, and/or the English Alternative Theater, are available (the conditions of these internships, such as stipend value and tuition remission, are not specified). A number of annual prizes and awards recognize outstanding achievements in teaching and creative writing.
Web address: http://www2.ku.edu/~englishmfa
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY
Subject areas: Fiction, Poetry
Faculty: Margaret Dawe, Albert Goldbarth, Jeanine Hathaway, W. Stephen Hathaway, Richard Spilman
Length: 3 years
# of credits: 48
Tuition per year: Easier to go by credit. Tuition per credit is $206.20 (residents); $556.10 (non-residents). The entire 48-credit degree should cost about $10 K (residents) or $27 K (non-residents).
Application materials: Submit to Graduate School: Application for Graduate School Admission, $35 application fee, 2 transcripts. Submit to Department of English: creative writing sample; if interested in Teaching Assistantship, also submit TA application, 3 recommendations, and expository writing sample. Statement of purpose not mentioned on application form (I guess it’s not required). GRE apparently not required (on the application form instructions the GRE is under the “minimum admission requirements” for doctoral programs but not mentioned in the “minimum admission requirements” for master’s and specialist programs).
Deadline: 10 Feb. (fall); 1 Oct. (spring)
Financial Aid: All qualified students entering the program receive financial aid, usually in the form of a graduate teaching assistantship (stipend of $8.5 K in 2007-08) and a tuition waiver. 2nd- and 3rd- year students are eligible to apply for fellowships which eliminate the teaching load during the fellowship year, allowing the recipients time to devote to writing. Aid is typically for 3 years.
Web address: http://webs.wichita.edu/cwfwww
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