Location: Nashville, TN
Format: Format not verified
Genres: Fiction · Poetry
Duration: Three years
Funding: Fully funded (all admitted)
Tuition: Tuition not published
Deadline: December 1, 2026 · Fall 2027
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TNPrivate nonprofitDepartment of English
Vanderbilt's Department of English offers a three-year MFA in Creative Writing in fiction or poetry, enrolling six students a year. Undergraduates study creative writing as a concentration within the English major or as a minor.
Eligible creative writing degrees
Each program has its own page with admissions, tuition, funding and sources.
Degrees we reviewed but do not list
This directory lists only dedicated creative writing degrees. These related offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope.
- English major, Program II: Creative Writing (Major in English)Creative writing is a concentration within the English major; not a dedicated creative writing degree.Source: as.vanderbilt.edu · verified October 9, 2026
- Minor in Creative Writing (Minor in English (Creative Writing))Minor, not a degree.Source: as.vanderbilt.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Literary journals, readings and facilities
Literary journals
- Nashville ReviewSource: as.vanderbilt.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Reading series
- Gertrude and Harold S. Vanderbilt Visiting Writers SeriesSource: as.vanderbilt.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Institution
- Official name
- Vanderbilt University
- Control
- Private nonprofitSource: nces.ed.gov · verified October 9, 2026
- Address
- 2101 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37240Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 9, 2026
- Website
Sources
Last verified October 9, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
- as.vanderbilt.edu/english/contact-us/ — Official program page, verified October 9, 2026
- as.vanderbilt.edu/english/major-minor/ — Official program page, verified October 9, 2026
- as.vanderbilt.edu/english/mfa-admissions/ — Official program page, verified October 9, 2026
- IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS), verified October 9, 2026