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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Writing Studies

8 Ranked Colleges
265 Degrees Awarded
$16,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Writing Studies is the 76th most popular major in the country with 13,036 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, writing studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,483 and had an average of $27,853 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 265 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in writing studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent writing studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the writing studies program at the school. 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 Writing Schools for an Associate” 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. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree writing students.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Writing Studies

#1

Fox Valley Technical College

Appleton, Wisconsin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fox Valley Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate. FVTC is a public institution located in Appleton, Wisconsin. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree writing students list, FVTC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Writing Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend FVTC is $11,127 for Associate Degree Writing students.

Full FVTC Writing Studies Report

#2

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Big Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 2 associates’s writing degrees in 2019-2020.

Ferris not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Writing Studies Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Ferris is $12,889 for associate degree writing students.

Read more about Writing Studies at Ferris

#3

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, Utah
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Salt Lake Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Salt Lake Community College is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 3 associates’s writing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Salt Lake Community College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Writing Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Salt Lake Community College is $6,963 for Associate Degree Writing students.

Full Salt Lake Community College Writing Studies Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s writing degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona also made our “Best Writing Studies Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $12,944 for Associate Degree Writing students per year to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona.

Read full report on Writing Studies at University of Phoenix - Arizona

#5

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate list. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s writing students in 2019-2020.

Liberty University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Writing Studies Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Liberty University is $28,903 for associate degree writing students.

Full Liberty University Writing Studies Report

#6

National University

La Jolla, California
#4 in overall quality

National University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate ranking. Located in La Jolla, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s writing students in 2019-2020.

National University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Writing Studies Associate Degree Schools” list.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Writing Studies at National University

#7

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida
#7 in overall quality

Full Sail University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate ranking. Full Sail University is a private for-profit institution located in Winter Park, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 41 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree writing students list, Full Sail University has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Writing Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $27,524 for associate degree writing students per year to attend Full Sail University.

Read more about Writing Studies at Full Sail University

#8 in overall quality

Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #8. This small school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 1 associates’s writing degrees in 2019-2020.

Drury University - CCPS also made our “Best Writing Studies Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $13,233 for associate degree writing students per year to attend Drury University - CCPS.

Read full report on Writing Studies at Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies

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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