Low-residency program

A low-residency program is a form of education, normally at the university level, which involves some amount of distance education and brief one to two week on-campus residencies. These programs are most frequently offered by colleges and universities which also teach standard full-time courses, and most presently existing are Master's Degree programs in Fine Arts, often teaching creative writing. The first such program started in the United States at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont.

There are many low-residency MFA Creative writing programs, fewer in other graduate areas, and very few undergraduate options (Goddard College, Lesley University and Union Institute.)

List of Colleges With Low-Residency Programs

United States

• Antioch University Los Angeles, MFA in creative writing
• Antioch University Ph.D. in Leadership and Change [1]
• Ashland University, MFA Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction, and Interdisciplinary
• Bastyr University MS in Midwifery [2]
• Bennington College, MFA in Writing, Master of Arts in Teaching a Second Language (MATSL)
• Boston Architectural College, [3], Master of Architecture, Sustainable Design, Historic
• Burlington College, Independent Degree Program
• Carlow University, MFA in Creative writing
• Chatham University, MFA creative writing
• College of Saint Elizabeth, M.A. in Theology Morristown, NJ
• Converse College MFA in Creative Writing, in Spartanburg, SC
• Eastern Kentucky University [4], in Richmond, KY.
• Fairleigh Dickinson University, MFA in Creative Writing
• Fairfield University MFA in Creative Writing
• Goddard College, MFA creative writing, MFA Interdisciplinary Arts, BFA creative writing, MA & BA Individualized, MA & BA Education, MA Psychology, BA & MA Health Arts & Sciences, MA Sustainable Business & Communities
• Goucher College, MFA in Creative Nonfiction
• Lesley University, MFA in Creative Writing
• Maine College of Art, MFA in Studio Arts
• Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MFA in Studio Arts
• Marywood University, [5]
• Murray State University, MFA in creative writing
• Naropa University, MFA creative writing
• New England College, MFA Program in Poetry, MS Sports & Rec Management in Coaching
• Northwest Institute of Literary Arts, MFA creative writing
• Oklahoma City University, [6]
• Pacific University, MFA in creative writing
• Pine Manor College, [7]
• University of Southern Maine, Stonecoast MFA Program
• Queens College, Charlotte
• Pacific Lutheran University, Rainier Writing Workshop
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA in Studio, MFA in Writing
• Seattle Pacific University, MFA in creative writing
• Seton Hill University, MFA in Writing of Popular Fiction
• Skidmore College, Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS)
• Sofia University (formerly the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology), MA in Spiritual Guidance, MA in Women's Spirituality, and MA in Counseling Psychology.
• Southern New Hampshire University, [8]
• Spalding University, MFA in Creative Writing
• Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing, [9], Maine
• SIT Graduate Institute, [10], Masters in International Education
• Transart Institute, Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Creative Practice (Studio) and Practice-based Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), based in the USA and Europe. International program
• University of Alaska Anchorage, MFA in creative writing
• University of California, Riverside: Palm Desert Graduate Center, MFA in creative writing
• University of Illinois: MS in Library and Information Science
• University of Nebraska, MFA in creative writing
• University of New Orleans, creative writing
• University of Southern Maine, [See Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing)
• University of Tampa, MFA in Creative Writing
• University of Texas-El Paso, MFA in Creative Writing
• Vermont College of Fine Arts, MFA in Writing, MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults, MFA in Visual Arts, MFA in Graphic Design, MFA in Music Composition
• Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers, creative writing
• West Virginia Wesleyan College, MFA in Creative Writing
• Western Connecticut State University, MFA in Creative and Professional Writing
• Wilkes University, MFA creative writing

Canada

• University of British Columbia, MFA Creative Writing

Europe

• European Graduate School [11] headquartered in the Swiss city of Loèche, canton of Valais
• European Humanities University in Lithuania
• Kingston University, London [12] - Kingston-upon-Thames Kingston University offers both a MFA and a MA Low Residency in Creative Writing; its MFA CW was the first of its kind in the UK

Asia

• City University of Hong Kong [13], MFA Creative Writing