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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Creative Writing in the Far Western US Region

1 Ranked Colleges
19 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Creative Writing Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in the Far Western US Region” 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.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,051 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent creative writing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the creative writing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Creative Writing Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Creative Writing Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Creative Writing Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Creative Writing in the Far Western US Region

#1

National University

La Jolla, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Creative Writing Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, National University landed the #1 spot on the list. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in La Jolla, California. It awarded 2 associates’s creative writing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at National University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Creative Writing Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.

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%.

Read more about Creative Writing at National 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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