MFA Writing: Nonfiction

3 Years On Campus Masters Program

Columbia University

Program Overview

Led by director Chloé Cooper Jones, the Nonfiction concentration in the Writing Program at Columbia University School of the Arts includes full-time faculty Jaquira Díaz, Lis Harris, Leslie Jamison, Margo Jefferson, and Wendy S. Walters. The adjunct nonfiction faculty members have included Michael Greenberg, Eliza Griswold, Alana Newhouse, Lynn Sharon Schwartz, Benjamin Taylor, and Brenda Wineapple. Recent visiting writers include Meghan Daum, Geoff Dyer, Vivian Gornick, Patricia Hampl, Laura Kipnis, Wayne Koestenbaum, Patricia Marx, Lia Purpura, Stacy Schiff, and John Jeremiah Sullivan.

Program Key Stats

$74846 (Annual cost)
$ 110
Aug Intake : 7th Jan


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Eligibility Criteria

3.0
4 Year

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7.5
100

Additional Information & Requirements

Career Options

  • Nonfiction Writer

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