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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Writing Studies in the Great Lakes Region

3 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$36,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 1,745 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,027 and $27,891 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in writing studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great writing studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the writing studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree writing students.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Writing Studies in the Great Lakes Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s writing degrees in 2019-2020.

UC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC are $26,644, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. Michigan State University is a large public school situated in East Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 8 doctorate’s writing degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree writing students list, Michigan State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Michigan State Writing Studies Report

#3

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s writing degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU also made our “Best Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WMU are $31,355.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s writing degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

U-M not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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