University of Iowa Tops List of Best MFA Programs

Posted on August 20, 2011

Poets and Writers has ranked the top fifty MFA programs. The University of Iowa MFA program has topped the list. The University of Iowa was followed by University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin, Brown University and Cornell University.

Poets and Writers' chart also includes a poetry rank, fiction rank, nonfiction rank, size, cost of living and other details about the MFA programs. You can find the chart here. Poets and Writers also explained the methodology it used to rank the programs.


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