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My experience with FAU was a great one. The Creative Writing program is fully funded so I didn't have to take out loans to attend on in-state tuition. When it comes to an art program, I honestly believe that affordability should be at the front of any applicant's mind. My experiences with the professors and other students there was unmatched. As someone who writes in a non-traditional manner, my work was still considered seriously and without judgment by the people there. My community was very welcoming... Read More and kind, and I am close friends with many of them to this day. Anyone who is curious about the program there should look into it, I think it is worth your time.

The MFA in Creative Writing at Florida Atlantic University has helped me further myself as a fiction writer more than I thought possible. I've received new perspectives on my writing from my professors and peers alike, pushing what I thought I knew about craft and form. As an FAU graduate student, I've been taking advantage of the numerous opportunities available to me to grow professionally, working as a graduate teaching assistant and as the Associate Editor for Swamp Ape Review, the FAU MFA literary... Read More magazine. With the help of funding from FAU's Graduate and Professional Student Association, I've also had the opportunity to travel to the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in Washington D. C. this year to represent Swamp Ape Review and the MFA at FAU. I highly recommend this program to any writer looking to improve his craft, become part of a writing community, and further his professional experience in the English field.

Located in sunny Boca Raton, Florida, if you're looking to earn a Master's in Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Florida Atlantic University is worth checking out. The three-year program offers MFA candidates tuition remission and a yearly stipend. In exchange, you're given the choice to either teach two sections of a freshmen composition class and/or creative writing class, which offers you the opportunity to learn about teaching a college class in a college environment, or earn tutoring experience... Read More working at the University Center for Excellence in Writing. The faculty is very supportive, engaging, and all boast numerous, award-winning publications, so their advice is worth taking into account. They also provide very crucial advice on where to take your MFA degree after you graduate. Classes are capped at 12 students, allowing for intimate workshop experiences and writers are encouraged to take workshops outside their genre. Most importantly, the student community thrives both in the classroom and independently by organizing off campus workshops when school is not in session. Plus, you're ten minutes from the Atlantic Ocean. Who can beat that?

The MFA program at FAU has amazing, supportive faculty that go out of their way to create a community of writers. They also bring in highly acclaimed writers to read for students and the public. Recent readers have included JoAnn Beard, Phil Klay and Roxane Gay. The school is also in a beachside city. There is no/poor public transportation in the area, so a car is a must. The major downside of the school is that while they offer a lot of Teaching Assistantships that provide a tuition waiver and small... Read More salary, the salary is too small to live off of ($8000 a year) and the position does not include benefits like health insurance. So most students still need to take out loans to attend the program.