New Mexico State University-Main Campus
Santa Fe University of Art and Design
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Santa Fe Community College
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Creative Writing Schools in New Mexico
New Mexico contains five schools that offer creative writing programs. New Mexico State University-Main Campus, the highest-ranking creative writing school in NM, has a total student population of 18,526 and is the 396th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 5 creative writing schools in New Mexico, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Santa Fe University of Art and Design comes out as the most expensive ($27,381/yr), with New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology as the lowest recorded at only $7,906/yr.
Creative Writing students from New Mexico schools who go on to become creative writers, writers, storytellers, freelances, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 43,390 people working as writers and authors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $64,560. Also, Technical writers make on average $65,610 per year and there are about 46,270 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the New Mexico alone, there are 390 employed technical writers earning an average yearly salary of $68,890. Writers and authors in this state earn $53,860/yr and there are 110 employed.
Also, within the creative writing schools in New Mexico, the average student population is 2,774 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from creative writing, there are 1598 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,262 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $1,963, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
Creative Writing Programs in New Mexico
New Mexico State University-Main Campus
- Creative Writing
Levels offered: Masters
- Creative Writing
Levels offered: Bachelors
- Creative Writing
Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
- Creative Writing
Levels offered: Certificate
New Mexico Interesting Facts
- Santa Fe is the highest capital city in the United States at 7,000 feet above sea level.
- The province that was once Spanish New Mexico included all of present day New Mexico, most of Colorado and Arizona, and slices of Utah, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Wyoming. The Original American Territory of New Mexico that congress created in 1850 included all of New Mexico and Arizona plus parts of Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. The boundaries of present day New Mexico were drawn by congress in 1863 but New Mexico didn't become a state until 1912.
- Each October Albuquerque hosts the world's largest international hot air balloon fiesta.
- Las Cruces makes the world's largest enchilada the first weekend in October at the "Whole Enchilada Fiesta".
- Lakes and Rivers make up only .002% of the state's total surface area. The lowest water-to-land ratio of all 50 states. Most of New Mexico's lakes are man-made reservoirs. A dam on the Rio Grande formed the Elephant Butte Reservoir the state's largest lake.
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Cities in New Mexico
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