2012 MFA Rankings: The Additional Rankings of Full-Residency MFA Programs

Tier Three

Overall Rank School Top Fifty and Honorable
Mention Ranks*		 Votes
77 Mills College in Oakland, California HM Poetry 15
77 University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania #14 Nonfiction
#42 Student-Faculty Ratio
#49 Fellowship Placement
HM Poetry		 15
77 Wichita State University in Kansas #28 Job Placement
#43 Fellowship Placement
HM Funding		 15
80 California Institute of the Arts in Valencia   12
80 California College of the Arts in Oakland   12
82 New Mexico State University in Las Cruces HM Funding
HM Student-Faculty Ratio		 11
82 Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey HM Student-Faculty Ratio
HM Funding		 11
82 University of California in Davis (MA)^ #34 Fellowship Placement
#36 Job Placement		 11
85 San Jose State University in California   8
85 University of California in Riverside #24 Student-Faculty Ratio
HM Funding		 8
85 University of Massachusetts in Boston #37 Fellowship Placement 8
88 City College of New York, CUNY   7
88 Eastern Washington University in Cheney   7
88 Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton #49 Funding 7
88 Minnesota State University in Mankato HM Funding 7
88 Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga   7
88 University of Missouri in Saint Louis   7
88 University of New Mexico in Albuquerque #18 Nonfiction
#43 Student-Faculty Ratio
#50 Funding		 7
88 University of San Francisco in California HM Nonfiction 7
96 Georgia State University in Atlanta   6
96 School of the Art Institute in Chicago #22 Student-Faculty Ratio
HM Job Placement		 6
96 University of Georgia in Athens   6
96 University of Missouri in Kansas City   6
96 University of New Orleans in Louisiana HM Funding 6
96 University of Texas in Austin [English Department] #32 Funding 6

 


Tier Four

Overall Rank School Top Fifty and Honorable
Mention Ranks		 Votes
102 Chatham University in Pittsburgh HM Nonfiction 5
102 Northeast Ohio MFA (Consortium)   5
102 Oklahoma State University in Stillwater HM Funding 5
102 Roosevelt University in Chicago   5
102 Stony Brook Southhampton, SUNY   5
102 University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada   5
102 University of South Florida in Tampa   5
109 California State University in Fresno   4
109 California State University in San Bernardino HM Student-Faculty Ratio 4
109 Florida International University in Miami #27 Fellowship Placement 4
109 Northern Michigan University in Marquette #21 Student-Faculty Ratio 4
109 Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois   4
109 Miami University in Ohio (MA)^   4
109 Temple University in Philadelphia   4
109 University of Baltimore in Maryland   4
117 Queens College, CUNY   3
117 Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven   3
117 University of Alaska in Fairbanks HM Funding
HM Fellowship Placement		 3
117 University of Utah in Salt Lake City HM Funding
HM Fellowship Placement		 3
121 Butler University in Indianapolis   2
121 Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado   2
121 Ohio University in Athens (MA)^   2
121 University of Central Florida in Orlando #43 Student-Faculty Ratio
#47 Funding
HM Fellowship Placement		 2
121 University of Southern California in Los Angeles (MPW)^^   2
126 Adelphi University in Garden City, New York   1
126 Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York^^^   1
126 California State University in Long Beach #29 Student-Faculty Ratio 1
126 Chicago State University in Illinois #37 Student-Faculty Ratio 1
126 Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota   1
126 Lindenwood University in Saint Charles, Missouri   1
126 Minnesota State University in Moorhead   1
126 Otis College of Art & Design in Los Angeles #19 Student-Faculty Ratio 1
126 Rosemont College in Pennsylvania #40 Student-Faculty Ratio 1
126 University of Guelph-Humber in Toronto, Canada   1
126 University of Victoria in Canada   1
126 Western Washington University in Bellingham (MA)^   1 

 

Unranked

Overall Rank School Top Fifty and Honorable
Mention Ranks		 Votes
NR Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah   0
NR California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco   0
NR California State University in Fullerton   0
NR Chapman University in Orange, California   0
NR Fudan University in Shanghai, China^^^^   0
NR Hofstra University in Village of Hempstead, New York   0
NR Kingston University in London, England   0
NR Long Island University in New York City   0
NR Pepperdine University in Malibu, California**   0
NR Savannah College of Art & Design in Georgia*** #33 Student-Faculty Ratio 0
NR Sewanee: The University of the South in Tennessee   0
NR Universidad Nacional de Columbia in Bogota   0
NR University College Dublin in Ireland   0
NR University of California in Chico   0
NR University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond   0
NR University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom   0
NR University of Oklahoma in Norman (MPW)^^   0
NR University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada   0
NR University of Texas in El Paso**** #34 Student-Faculty Ratio 0
NR University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg   0


Notes: HM = Honorable Mention; NR = Not Ranked; * = due to the relatively small number of nonfiction programs, only top twenty rankings are noted here; ** = “writing for screen and television” only; *** = “dramatic writing” only; **** = bilingual program; ^ = See the “Non-MFA Master’s Degree (MA) Programs” section of “2012 MFA Rankings: The Methodology” for more information on the inclusion of this program in these rankings; ^^ = The degree offered by this program is arguably co-terminal to the MFA; ^^^= This program can neither be classified as a low- or full-residency MFA program, so it appears provisionally in these rankings; ^^^^ = Program may limit admissions on the basis of nationality, language skills, and/or political affiliation.