How does their funding work? Does the MFA or PhD program provide full-funding for students who want to study creative writing? How many years will it take to complete the MFA program? Do they allow students to run an MFA and PhD joint program?
As a working writer, I knew I was in a very different place than most prospective MFA students. Some students enroll in creative writing programs in order to have the freedom to discover who they are as writers; I already had a well-established writing identity. Many students pursue creative...
Unfortunately, the NYC MFAs are not great with funding. I know because I had the same desire as you to live in NYC, but I got into 3 programs and they all offered little or no funding. Columbia doesn't offer anyone full funding, and I was offered $0. The New School's top scholars...