2024 Best Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing Schools in Virginia

A degree in professional, technical, business, & scientific writing is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #383 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for professional, technical, business, & scientific writing students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 127 degrees in professional, technical, business, & scientific writing to qualified students.

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Pick Your Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing in Virginia

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the professional, technical, business, and scientific writing degree levels they offer.

Top Virginia Schools in Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing

1

James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

54 Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing Degrees Awarded

18.5% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in professional, technical, business, & scientific writing has to check out James Madison University. JMU is a very large public university located in the city of Harrisonburg.More information about a degree in professional, technical, business, & scientific writing from James Madison University

2

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

40 Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing Degrees Awarded

Liberty University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in professional, technical, business, & scientific writing. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in professional, technical, business, & scientific writing from Liberty University

Best Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	28
North Carolina	710	17
Georgia	690	77
Tennessee	624	5
South Carolina	530	9
Alabama	500	4
Arkansas	466	48
West Virginia	410	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing

Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing is one of 4 different types of Writing Studies programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Rhetoric & Composition	267
Creative Writing	169
Other Rhetoric & Composition/Writing Studies	7
General Writing	2

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.