Thursday, August 24, 2006

Oregon

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Subject areas: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Faculty: Elizabeth Campbell, Tracy Daugherty, Karen Holmberg, Jon Lewis, Marjorie Sandor, Keith Scribner
Length: 2 years
Tuition per year: $9.5 K (resident), $15.5 K (non-resident)
Application materials: Submit to Office of Admissions: Graduate Application for Admission (2 copies), $50 application fee, 2 transcripts, statement of objectives (2 copies); submit to English Department: 3 recommendations, writing sample; GRE not required
Deadline: 1 Feb. (fall); no spring admissions
Financial Aid: There are teaching assistantships mentioned in the .PDF brochure on the site, but their conditions (stipend value, tuition remission) are not specified.
Web address: http://oregonstate.edu/cla/english/students/graduate/creativewriting.php

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Subject areas: Poetry, Fiction
Faculty: David Bradley, Laurie Lynn Drummond, Cai Emmons, Karen Ford, Ehud Havazelet, Garrett Hongo, Dorianne Laux, Robert Hill Long
Length: 2 years
Tuition per year: Easier to go by semester. Program is 72 credits, so 18 are required per semester. Full-time tuition is $3 685 (resident) or $5 197 (non-resident) for 9-16 credits, plus $354 (residents) or $522 (non-residents) per extra credit. Tuition for residents—per semester—is $4 393; for non-residents, $6 241.
Application materials: Submit to Office of Admissions: Graduate Admission Application, $50 application fee, transcript; submit to Creative Writing Program: Copy of Graduate Application (not required for online applicants), 3 recommendations, transcript, personal statement, writing sample; GRE not required
Deadline: 15 Jan. (fall); no spring admissions
Financial Aid: The Creative Writing Program attempts to fund all admitted students with Graduate Teaching Fellowships (GTFs). Students with GTFs receive full tuition waivers, partial payment of student fees, health insurance, and a stipend of $9,314 per academic year.
# of applicants per year: almost 400
# of applicants admitted: 6-7 in each of 2 genres (less than 4%). There are on average 24 students enrolled each year.
Web address: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~crwrweb/mfa.htm