The MFA Revolution: Ranking the Nation's Best Programs

by
Seth Abramson
From the September/October 2010 issue of
Poets & Writers Magazine
8.11.10

Size, funding, cost of living—there's plenty to consider when choosing a postgraduate creative writing program. In our second annual ranking of the top fifty MFA programs, contributor Seth Abramson measures sixteen distinct program features for the 148 full-residency programs in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand, and eight features for each of the 46 low-residency programs around the world.