Tennessee

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS
Subject areas: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Faculty: Thomas Russell, Richard Bausch, John Bensko, Cary Holladay, Kristen Iversen
Length: Full-time graduates take 9-12 credits per semester; at this rate, the 48-credit degree should take 2-3 years.
Tuition per year: Easier to go by semester. Tuition is $3 056 (resident, 9-credit); $3 189 (resident, 12-credit); $7 024 (non-resident, 9-credit); $8 422 (non-resident, 12-credit).
Application requirements: Submit to Graduate Admissions: Graduate Application (online version only; may include personal statement—but I can’t check unless I start one), $35 application fee, GRE scores and transcript. Submit to Department of English: 2 recommendations and portfolio.
Deadline: 15 Feb. (Fall); 15 Oct. (Spring)
Financial Aid: Service and teaching assistantships (Graduate Assistantships and Teaching Assistantships) carry stipends (values not specified) in addition to the remission of university fees.
Web address: http://cas.memphis.edu/english/grad/mfa.htm