UBC, where I did my undergrad BFA, has a distance-ed creative writing program. I'm currently doing my MFA in Creative Writing. The ones I'm familiar with are UBC, Godard and Benington. They're all fairly reputable.
This is from Seth Abramson's MFA blog
Antioch University
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.antiochla.edu/programs_mfa.shtml
MFA, 2-3 years in Poetry, Fiction and Non Fiction (A dual concentration is available)
Antioch College, McGregor
Yellow Springs, Ohio
http://www.mcgregor.edu/ilps/cw/index.html
MFA in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, playwriting, or screenwriting
Bennington College
Bennington, VT
http://www.bennington.edu/graduate/low_ … y/menu.htm
MFA, 2 years in poetry, fiction or non-fiction
British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.creativewriting.ubc.ca/programs/lowres.cfm
MFA, 2 or more years, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction
Carlow College
Pittsburgh, PA and Carlow, Ireland
http://gradstudies.carlow.edu/mfa_writing.html
MFA, two and a half years (36 degree hours) in fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction
University of Denver
Denver, Colorado
http://www.universitycollege.du.edu/pro … ePlanID=42
A Certificate of Advanced Study in fiction, poetry or non-fiction
Fairleigh Dickinson
Madison, NJ
http://alpha.fdu.edu/becton/writeMFA/overview.html
MFA, two or more years, in fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction
Goddard College
Plainfield, VT
http://www.goddard.edu/academic/MFAcreativewriting.html
MFA, two or more years (48 degree hours) in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, playwriting, screenwriting, or cross genre.
Goucher College
Baltimore, MD
http://www.goucher.edu/mfa/index.cfm
MFA, two or more years (36 degree hours) in creative nonfiction
Lancaster University
Lancaster, UK
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/cw/ma1dist.htm
M.A. in Creative Writing. Distance Learning.
Note: This is not your average graduate program. You’ll have to visit the site to see what I mean. Definitely interesting.
Lesley University
Cambridge, MA
http://www.lesley.edu/gsass/creative_writing/
MFA, two-years in poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, and children's literature.
Murray State University
Murray, KY
http://www.murraystate.edu/chfa/english/mfa/
MFA, two years or more years (48 degree hours) in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
Naropa University
Boulder, CO
http://www.naropa.edu/mfaonline/
MFA, three years (49 degree hours) in creative writing (no concentration).
University of Nebraska
Omaha, NE
http://avalon.unomaha.edu/unmfaw/
MFA, two or more years (60 degree hours) in fiction, poetry, or nonfiction
New England College
Henniker, NH
http://www.nec.edu/graduate/mfa/mfa.html
MFA, three years (64 degree hours) in poetry.
New Orleans University
New Orleans, LA
http://lowres.uno.edu/lowres.htm
MFA, two to four years (45 degree hours) in fiction, poetry, screenwriting, and playwriting.
Other: Has an interesting study-abroad program in Spain, France, and Italy.
Pacific University (aka Mountain Writers Series)
Forest Grove, OR
http://www.pacificu.edu/as/mfa/index.cfm
MFA, two to three years in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Pacific Lutheran University, (aka The Rainier Writing Workshop)
Tacoma, WA
http://www.plu.edu/~mfa/
MFA, three years in fiction, poetry, and non fiction.
Queens University of Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
http://www.queens.edu/graduate/programs … riting.asp
MFA, two years in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, WA
http://www.spu.edu/prospects/grad/acade … /index.asp
MFA, three or more years (64 degree hours) in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Other: The program seeks writers who with to “place their work within the larger context of the Judeo-Christian tradition of faith.”
Seton Hill – popular fiction
Greensburg, PA
http://www.setonhill.edu/academics/wpf_ … m?ACID=102
M.A. in Writing Popular Fiction, two years (36 degree hours) with concentrations in mystery, romance, science fiction, horror, fantasy, and children and adolescent fiction.
University of Southern Maine, (aka Stonecoast)
Portland, ME
http://www.usm.maine.edu/stonecoastmfa/
MFA, two years (60 degree hours) in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and popular fiction.
Spalding University
Louisville, Kentucky
http://www.spalding.edu/mfa
MFA, two or more years (64 degree hours) in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, writing for children, playwriting/screenwriting
Vermont College
Montpelier, VT
http://www.tui.edu/prospective/ma/defau … nk=K.2.2.3
MFA in Writing, two years, 64 degree hours, in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
MFA in Children’s Fiction, two years, 64 degree hours
Warnborough University, UK
Warnborough University is incorporated in the Republic of Ireland as an independent global university for onsite and distance learning.
http://www.warnborough.edu/faculties/arts/mcreative.htm
M.A. in Creative Writing, two years (40 degree hours), in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or playwriting.
MFA, two or more years (80 degree hours), in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or playwriting.
Ph.D. in Creative Writing in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or playwriting.
Note 1: Students may study in more than one genre.
Note 2: The program is distance-learning, rather than low-residency.
Warren Wilson College
Asheville, NC
http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~mfa/
MFA, two years, in fiction and poetry
Western Connecticut State University.
Danbury, CT
https://www.wcsu.edu/english/mfa/
MFA in Professional Writing. Two years.
Note: The program offers study in multiple genres.
Whidbey Writers Workshop
Whidbey Island, WA
http://www.writeonwhidbey.org/mfa/index.htm
MFA. Children's literature, creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.
Note: “Students may work at their own pace, taking from two to six years to complete the program.”
Wilkes University
Wilkes-Barre, PA
http://www.wilkes.edu/creativewriting/default.asp
MFA, two years (30 degree hour) in fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, and creative nonfiction.
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