Writing Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #49 most popular master's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of writing studies. Combined, these schools handed out 73 master's degrees in writing studies to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to writing studies students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other writing studies students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt writing studies students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized writing studies related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for writing studies students working on their master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Writing Studies Master's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Featured Writing Studies Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
It's difficult to beat Northern Arizona University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in writing studies. NAU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Flagstaff.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the writing program make about $46,572 in the first couple years of their career.
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).