Antioch University Los Angeles
MFA in Creative Writing (low-res)
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children, writing for young adults
California College of the Arts
MFA in Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry
California College of the Arts Low-Res
MFA in Comics (low-res)
comics, graphic novels
California Institute of Integral Studies
MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts & Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, visual art
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, non-tracking
California State University, Chico
MA in English
fiction, nonfiction, poetry
California State University, East Bay
MA in English
fiction, poetry, playwriting
California State University, Fresno
MFA Program in Creative Writing
poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction
California State University, Los Angeles
MA in English
fiction, poetry
California State University, Northridge
MA in English
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting
California State University, Sacramento
MA in English
fiction, poetry
California State University, San Marcos
MA in Literature and Writing Studies
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children’s literature, young adult literature, screenwriting, playwriting, cross-genre, digital literature
Chapman University
MA in English/MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, poetry
Dominican University of California
MFA in Creative Writing (low-res)
poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, narrative/poetic medicine
Loyola Marymount University
MA in English
fiction, poetry, nonfiction, playwriting
Mount Saint Mary’s University Los Angeles
MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting
Pepperdine University
MFA in Writing for Screen & Television
screenwriting
Saint Mary’s College of California
MFA in Creative Writing
creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry
San Diego State University
MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, poetry
San Francisco State University
MA in English, MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, translation
San Jose State University
MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting
Sonoma State University
MA in English
fiction, nonfiction, poetry
University of California Davis
MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre
University of California Irvine
MFA Program in Writing
fiction, poetry
University of California Riverside
MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting
University of California Riverside – Palm Desert Center
MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts (low-res)
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting
University of California San Diego
MFA in Writing
fiction, poetry, cross-genre
University of San Francisco
MFA in Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry
University of Southern California
PhD in Creative Writing & Literature
fiction, nonfiction, poetry