Colleges strong in...

College Search & Selection
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<p>English with a concentration in creative writing (I'm looking to do pre-law)...I'm looking for the US news ranking if there's one (I don't subscribe), along with the Gourman Report. Any other rankings would help.Thanks!</p>

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<p>fromd USNRW for graduate programs (may or may not indicate quality for UG)</p>

<p>. University of Iowa 4.5
2. Johns Hopkins University (MD) 4.2
2. University of Houston 4.2
4. Columbia University (NY) 4.1
4. University of Virginia 4.1
6. New York University 4.0
6. University of California-Irvine 4.0
6. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 4.0
9. University of Arizona 3.9
10. Boston University 3.8
10. Cornell University (NY) 3.8
10. University of Massachusetts-Amherst 3.8
10. University of Montana 3.8
10. University of Washington 3.8
10. Washington University (MO) 3.8
16. Brown University (RI) 3.7
16. Indiana University-Bloomington 3.7
16. University of Arkansas 3.7
16. University of Utah 3.7
20. Arizona State University 3.6
20. Emerson College (MA) 3.6
20. George Mason University (VA) 3.6
20. Hollins College (VA) 3.6
20. Sarah Lawrence College (NY) 3.6
20. Syracuse University (NY) 3.6
20. University of Florida 3.6
20. University of Maryland-College Park 3.6
20. University of Pittsburgh 3.6
20. Warren Wilson College (NC)</p>

<p>note the lots of ties.</p>

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<p>Grinnell in Iowa is really strong in creative writing. Some say it's the best.</p>

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<p>Try this article, which has links to various creative writing program resources: <a href="http://collegehunt.blogspot.com/2005/08/good-schools-for-creative-writing.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://collegehunt.blogspot.com/2005/08/good-schools-for-creative-writing.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Strong undergraduate creative writing programs include: Oberlin, Bennington, Sarah Lawrence, Bard, Kenyon, Beloit, Emerson, Knox College, but there are many others out there. And, of course, there are many other EXCELLENT English programs which offer creative writing classes as well. I'd suggest focusing in on what you are looking for in a school overall (size, location, etc.) and then comparing English programs to see what is offered.</p>

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<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=196086%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=196086&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<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>

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<p>People need to take a closer look before posting random lists.</p>

<p>University of Iowa does not offer Creative Writing as an undergraduate study. It only has a graduate program, and then undergraduate for English Lang & Lit. Their writing program for undergraduates is all non-fiction and/or rhetorical writing, something very different from Creative Writing.</p>

<p>You really need to look at all of the colleges being listed here to see which one offers precisely what you want.</p>

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<p>from the U Iowa website:
Although the Writers’ Workshop is a graduate program, undergraduates often take three writing courses as part of the major. Workshop faculty members teach undergraduate courses that any student may take: Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Poetry Writing, and Creative Writing Studio Workshop.</p>

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<p>Bowling Green has one of the nation's oldest creative writing programs and has graduated writers such as Carolyn Forche, Dara Wier, Barbara Paul, Robert Ferrigno, Jim Daniels, et al...
(<a href="http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/creative-writing/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/creative-writing/&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p>

<p>Michigan's program is absolutely amazing, as well.</p>