Best colleges/universities for creative writing on the East Coast?

<p>Basically, my question is synonymous with my title: What are the best colleges or universities on the East Coast for creative writing? Thanks so much for your replies!</p>

<p>Creative writing</p>

<p>in addition, from Rugg’s Recommendations:
Bard
Middlebury
Beloit
Barnard
Bennington
Brown
Carnegie Mellon
Columbia
Creighton
Denison
Eckerd
Emerson
Fla St
Grinnell
Hamilton
Hobart
U Iowa
John’s Hopkins
Kenyon
U of Michigan
SUNY New Paltz
NC State
Northwestern
Oberlin
U Oregon
U Pitt
Redlands
San Fran St
Sarah Lawrence
Susquehanna
Sweet Briar
Temple
UVA
Wheaton (MA)
Wittenberg</p>

<p>School U. S. and World Report Ranking for graduate creative writing programs

  1. University of Iowa 4.5
  2. John Hopkins University (MD) 4.2
  3. University of Houston (TX) 4.2
  4. Columbia University (NY) 4.1
  5. University of Virginia 4.1
  6. New York University 4.0
  7. University of California, Irvine (CA) 4.0
  8. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MI) 4.0
  9. University of Arizona 3.9
  10. Boston University 3.8
  11. Cornell University 3.8
  12. University of Massachusetts, Amherst (MA) 3.8
  13. University of Montana (MT) 3.8
  14. University of Washington 3.8
  15. Washington University (MO) 3.8
  16. Brown University (RI) 3.7
  17. Indiana University, Bloomington (IN) 3.7
  18. University of Arkansas (AR) 3.7
  19. University of Utah 3.7
  20. Arizona State University 3.6
  21. Emerson College (MA) 3.6
  22. George Mason University (VA) 3.6
  23. Hollins College (VA) 3.6
  24. Sarah Lawrence College (NY) 3.6
  25. Syracuse University (NY) 3.6
  26. University of Florida 3.6
  27. University of Maryland, College Park (MD) 3.6
  28. University of Pittsburgh 3.6
  29. Warren Wilson College (NC) 3.6
  30. University of California, Davis (CA) 3.5
  31. University of Southern Mississippi (MS) 3.5
  32. University of Texas, Austin (TX) 3.5
  33. Iowa State University 3.4
  34. University of Missouri, Columbia (MO) 3.4
  35. University of Oregon 3.4
  36. University of Southern California (CA) 3.4
  37. Bennington College (CT) 3.3
  38. CUNY–City College of New York (NY) 3.3
  39. Florida State University 3.3
  40. Ohio University 3.3
  41. Ohio State University 3.3
  42. Penn State University, University Park ¶ 3.3
  43. University of Alabama (AL) 3.3
  44. University of Denver (CO) 3.3
  45. University of North Carolina, Greensboro (NC) 3.3
  46. San Francisco State University 3.2
  47. University of Cincinnati 3.2
  48. University of New Hampshire 3.2
  49. Western Michigan University (MI) 3.2
  50. American University (DC) 3.1
  51. Colorado State University (CO) 3.1
  52. Eastern Washington University 3.1
  53. Georgia State University 3.1
  54. New Mexico State University (NM) 3.1
  55. Saint Mary’s College of California 3.1
  56. San Diego State University 3.1
  57. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (IL) 3.1
  58. Temple University ¶ 3.1
  59. University of Colorado, Boulder (CO) 3.1
  60. Virginia Commonwealth University 3.1
  61. Wichita State University (KS) 3.1
  62. Brooklyn College (NY) 3.0
  63. California State University, Fresno (CA) 3.0
  64. Mills College (CA) 3.0
  65. SUNY, Albany 3.0
  66. University of Georgia 3.0
  67. University of Hawaii, Mano (HW) 3.0
  68. University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign (IL) 3.0
  69. University of Minnesota (MN) 3.0
  70. Vermont College of Norwich University (VT) 3.0
  71. SUNY–Binghamton (NY) 3.0</p>