2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Creative Writing

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Creative Writing Schools for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in creative writing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality creative writing programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Creative Writing Schools for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Creative Writing Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree creative writing students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Creative Writing

#1

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #1 spot on the list. Liberty University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Liberty University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Creative Writing Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $28,903 for associate degree creative writing students per year to attend Liberty University.

Read more about Creative Writing at Liberty University

#2

National University

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Creative Writing Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, National University landed the #2 spot on the list. National University is a fairly large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 2 associates’s creative writing degrees in 2019-2020.

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

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full National University Creative Writing Report

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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