2022 Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

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 in the Plains States Region” 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.

Across the Plains States region, there were 998 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,400 and $25,334 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great writing studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the writing studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Writing Studies in the Plains States Region

#1

Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies

Springfield, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$13,233 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies landed the #1 spot on the list. Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Drury University - CCPS also took the #1 spot in our “Best Writing Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies is $13,233 for plains states region associate degree writing students.

Read more about Writing Studies at Drury University - CCPS

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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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