MA Professional Writing and Editing at West Virginia University

Programme overview

The MA in Professional Writing and Editing combines professional writing coursework, an internship and electives (with a thesis option in place of the internship).

Faculty: Eberly College of Arts and Sciences | Department: Department of English | Duration: 30 credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Morgantown, WV, United States

What you will study

12 hours in composition and rhetoric, editing, professional writing theory and composition pedagogy; 3-hour professional writing internship; 15 hours of electives including publishing, grant writing and digital humanities.

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Entry requirements

Degree courses require a minimum 2.75 GPA and a B- or better. WVU graduate programmes (university-wide regular admission): a bachelor's degree with at least a 2.75 GPA on a 4.0 scale (or a 3.0 or higher average over the last sixty credit hours where applied); applicants with a lower record may be considered for provisional admission. International applicants must meet WVU's English proficiency minimums: Academic IELTS 6.5, TOEFL iBT 79 (scores through January 2026; 4.0 on the revised scale after January 2026), Duolingo English Test 105, PTE Academic 53 or TOEFL Essentials 9.0.

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Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applications are made through the WVU online graduate application with a $75 application fee (waivers for WVU and WVU Medicine employees, active military and veterans, AmeriCorps and Peace Corps members); minimum cumulative GPA 2.75 on a 4.0 scale for regular admission, and some programmes require higher. International graduate applicants also pay the non-refundable $75 fee.

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