2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Creative Writing (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Creative Writing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Creative Writing is the 118th most popular major in the country with 6,586 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 93 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Creative Writing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in creative writing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent creative writing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the creative writing program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Creative Writing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Creative Writing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Creative Writing (With Aid)

#1

National University

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Creative Writing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, National University landed the #1 spot on the list. National University is located in La Jolla, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s creative writing degrees to qualified students.

National University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Creative Writing Associate Degree Schools” list.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Creative Writing at National University

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$28,903 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Creative Writing Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 2 associates’s creative writing degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Creative Writing Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $28,903 for Associate Degree Creative Writing students with aid per year to attend Liberty University.

Read full report on Creative Writing at Liberty University

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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