创意写作美术硕士被认为是该领域的最终学位。创意写作硕士课程可提供小型研讨会和教师个人指导方面的丰富经验。它还可以培养学生对文学史和文学理论的理解，并结合选修领域的相关学习模式，例如其他文化，其他艺术，技术研究和/或写作教学。
The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing is a 54 unit program which consists of writing workshops as well as creative process and/or literature courses. It also requires a 12 unit correlative, a cluster of courses related to your special interests. The M.F.A. degree takes about three years for a full time student to complete, M.F.A. students can attend part time and have seven years in which to complete all the requirements for their degree. The M.F.A. is the terminal degree in creative writing. If your goal is to teach creative writing at the four year college or university level, you will need an M.F.A. degree in addition to book publication, now, many community colleges also hire M.F.A.s to teach in their English Programs. The M.F.A. will, like the M.A., prepare you for an English Ph.D. program.