Where are the Phd in Creative Writing Programs in the US located?

Question

Yes, they do exist. There is one at Texas Tech, but I am looking for one in the North East. The only one I have found in the East is at Ohio University. I'm currently getting my MFA and looking into getting my Phd, but I'm undecided if I want to yet.

Thank you for the info on Nebraska and Denver. :-) Any schools that offer a creative writing emphasis in their Phd programs, please bring to my attention too.

Answer 1

Arizona State University
Auburn University--Main Campus
Ball State University
Baylor University
Binghamton University
Boston College
Boston University
Bowling Green State University
Brandeis University
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Catholic University of America
Claremont Graduate School
Clark Atlanta University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Drew University
Duke University
Duquesne University
Emory University
Florida State University
Fordham University
George Washington University
Georgia State University
Harvard University
Howard University
Idaho State University
Illinois State University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University--Bloomington
Iowa State University
Johns Hopkins University
Kent State University
Lehigh University
Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge
Loyola University Chicago
Marquette University
Miami University--Oxford
Michigan State University
Michigan Technological University
Middle Tennessee State University
New Mexico State University
New York University
Northeastern University
Northern Illinois University
Northwestern University
Ohio State University
Ohio University
Oklahoma State University
Pennsylvania State University--University Park
Princeton University
Purdue University--West Lafayette
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rice University
Rutgers State University--New Brunswick
SUNY--Albany
SUNY--Stony Brook
Southern Illinois University--Carbondale
St. John's University
St. Louis University
Stanford University
Syracuse University
Temple University
Texas A&M University--College Station
Texas Christian University
Texas Tech University
Texas Woman's Unversity
Tufts University
Tulane University
University at Buffalo--SUNY
University of Alabama--Tuscaloosa
University of Arizona
University of Arkansas--Fayetteville
University of California--Berkeley
University of California--Davis
University of California--Irvine
University of California--Los Angeles
University of California--Riverside
University of California--San Diego
University of California--Santa Barbara
University of California--Santa Cruz
University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati
University of Colorado--Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of Dallas
University of Delaware
University of Denver
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Hawaii--Manoa
University of Houston--Main Campus
University of Illinois--Chicago
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
University of Kentucky
University of Louisiana--Lafayette
University of Louisville
University of Maryland--College Park
University of Massachusetts--Amherst
University of Miami
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities
University of Mississippi
University of Missouri--Columbia
University of Nebraska--Lincoln
University of Nevada--Las Vegas
University of Nevada--Reno
University of New Hampshire
University of New Mexico
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina--Greensboro
University of North Dakota
University of North Texas
University of Notre Dame
University of Oklahoma
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rhode Island
University of Rochester
University of South Carolina--Columbia
University of South Dakota
University of South Florida
University of Southern California
University of Southern Mississippi
University of Tennessee--Knoxville
University of Texas--Arlington
University of Texas--Austin
University of Texas--Dallas
University of Toledo
University of Tulsa
University of Utah
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin--Madison
University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Vanderbilt University
Washington State University
Washington University in St. Louis
Wayne State University
West Virginia University
Western Michigan University
Yale University

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Most places offer MFAs for writing or PhDs for lit AND writing. But two that say they have PhDs just for creative writing are Univ of Denver and Univ of Nebraska. DU says:DU's Program in Creative Writing is the only writing program in the country that focuses exclusively on doctoral study. All of the University of Denver's graduate students in Creative Writing are PhD students. At other creative writing doctoral programs, MFA and MA students generally outnumber creative writing PhD students in workshops. We pitch our workshops and other courses to the sophisticated levels of students who have done an MA or MFA in creative writing elsewhere (recent PhD students have come from Brown, Iowa, the Art Institute of Chicago, U-Mass-Amherst, Florida, and many other celebrated MFA programs).
And Univ of Nebraska says:
Enrolling more than 150 students and composed of 42 graduate faculty (including 10 in Creative Writing), the Graduate Program in English at the University of Nebraska offers an MA and a PhD in Creative Writing, one of the few such advanced degree programs in the country to offer a creative dissertation option

Answer 4

Do they exist? There are certainly a multitude of MFA programs in creative writing. An MFA's final product is based on practical artistic production--in creative writing, it would be a writing portfolio, such as a collection of poems or a novel--while a Ph.D. dissertation or even an MA thesis is a critical/theoretical work about literature. If you want to be a writer, go for the MFA. If you really want a Ph.D. you could shoot for a Ph.D. in English, but your research would be about literature, not producing a piece of literature.