by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in Texas” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Creative Writing is the 120th most popular major in the country with 6,817 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Texas, there were 221 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 56 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in creative writing. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in creative writing.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree creative writing students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in Texas. Located in Sherman, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s creative writing students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McMurry University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in Texas list. McMurray University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Abilene, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephen F Austin State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in Texas. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s creative writing students in 2020-2021.
Full Stephen F Austin State University Creative Writing Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Wesleyan University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in Texas list. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s creative writing degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Creative Writing at Texas Wesleyan University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in Texas list. The University of Texas at El Paso is a public institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Southern Methodist University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in Texas ranking. SMU is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 6 bachelors’s creative writing degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Houston landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in Texas ranking. University of Houston is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s creative writing degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 full report on Creative Writing at University of Houston
Lubbock Christian University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in Texas ranking. Lubbock Christian University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Creative Writing at Lubbock Christian University
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