by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Creative Writing is the 120th most popular major in the country with 6,817 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,018 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 21 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in creative writing. That schools that top this list have a program in creative writing in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The creative writing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in the Far Western US Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Southern Nevada landed the #1 spot on the list. Las Vegas, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s creative writing degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Creative Writing at College of Southern Nevada
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Berkeley City College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in the Far Western US Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Berkeley, California, and it awarded 2 associates’s creative writing degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Long Beach City College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in the Far Western US Region. Long Beach City College is a large school located in Long Beach, California that handed out 5 associates’s creative writing degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Creative Writing at Long Beach City College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grossmont College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in the Far Western US Region list. This fairly large school is located in El Cajon, California, and it awarded 2 associates’s creative writing degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in La Jolla, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified associates’s creative writing students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Foothill College landed the #5 spot on the list. Foothill College is located in Los Altos Hills, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s creative writing degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of the Desert. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in the Far Western US Region list. This fairly large school is located in Palm Desert, California, and it awarded 0 associates’s creative writing degrees in 2020-2021.
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