New York City,
NY,
United States
Type
Private
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
MFA in Writing - Non Fiction in New York United States | Columbia University
Columbia University
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New York United States
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Qualification
Masters Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
49,850
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
36 months
Columbia University's MFA Writing Program is widely respected for its intensive literary training and distinguished faculty of accomplished authors and editors committed to teaching. The program cultivates artistic and literary diversity through its professors, students, and coursework. Participants are urged to trust their creative impulses and push beyond boundaries to fully develop their writing abilities. The curriculum covers numerous nonfiction forms, including memoirs, personal essays, science writing, critiques, humor pieces, research techniques, profiles, culinary writing, and lyrical essays. Students explore nonfiction across eras, from classical works to modern innovations, graduating with versatile skills across multiple nonfiction genres.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 7.5
Qualification Requirements
Writing applicants must specify a concentration in Fiction, Nonfiction, or Poetry.
All manuscripts (except in poetry) must be double-spaced. Creative materials should be in a 12-point font.
ALL applicants MUST submit the following:
Essay: Choose a work of literature that was written and published within the last ten years and write a 1,000 word essay in response to it. The work to which you choose to respond must correspond to the concentration to which you're applying (for example, Fiction applicants should write an essay in response to a work of fiction).
Personal Statement: No more than two double-spaced pages. (Tell us, briefly, what you hope to get from the Writing Program, what you have read lately that has been especially illuminating to you as a writer, and what you are currently working on.)
Nonfiction: No more than thirty double-spaced pages of nonfiction of literary quality--one or a combination of works of memoir, personal essay, opinion, reportage, biography, and/or criticism. Academic papers are acceptable though not encouraged, the faculty committee will evaluate them on the basis of literary skill rather than scholarly excellence per se.
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam meeting the minimum score of 100 on the Internet-Based Test (iBT) or 600 on the Paper-Based Test.
International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam meeting the minimum score of 7.5.
All manuscripts (except in poetry) must be double-spaced. Creative materials should be in a 12-point font.
ALL applicants MUST submit the following:
Essay: Choose a work of literature that was written and published within the last ten years and write a 1,000 word essay in response to it. The work to which you choose to respond must correspond to the concentration to which you're applying (for example, Fiction applicants should write an essay in response to a work of fiction).
Personal Statement: No more than two double-spaced pages. (Tell us, briefly, what you hope to get from the Writing Program, what you have read lately that has been especially illuminating to you as a writer, and what you are currently working on.)
Nonfiction: No more than thirty double-spaced pages of nonfiction of literary quality--one or a combination of works of memoir, personal essay, opinion, reportage, biography, and/or criticism. Academic papers are acceptable though not encouraged, the faculty committee will evaluate them on the basis of literary skill rather than scholarly excellence per se.
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam meeting the minimum score of 100 on the Internet-Based Test (iBT) or 600 on the Paper-Based Test.
International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam meeting the minimum score of 7.5.
Tuition
USD
49,850