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Oberlin College

Oberlin, OHPrivate nonprofitCreative Writing Program, College of Arts and Sciences

Oberlin's College of Arts and Sciences offers a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing as an independent major, with coursework in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, translation, screenwriting, and hybrid forms. Students apply to the major after completing prerequisite courses, then take three upper-level workshops, a textual studies requirement, and a capstone project.

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Oberlin College

Creative Writing Major

BABachelor of Arts (BA) in Creative Writing
Location: Oberlin, OH
Format: Campus-basedClasses and workshops meet in person on campus throughout the program.
Genres: Poetry · Fiction · Creative Nonfiction · Playwriting · Literary Translation · Screenwriting · Cross-Genre / Interdisciplinary
Duration: Duration not verified
Funding: Funding not verified
Tuition: $70,320 per academic year · All students — Oberlin College tuition · 2026-2027
Deadline: October 27, 2026 · Spring 2027 (internal application to the major)
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Institution

Official name
Oberlin College
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 9, 2026
Address
70 N Professor St, Oberlin, OH 44074
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 9, 2026
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Sources

Last verified October 9, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS), verified October 9, 2026
  2. oberlin.edu/arts-and-sciences/departments/creative-writing — Official program page, verified October 9, 2026

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