2022 Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Kentucky” 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 Kentucky, there were 85 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,500 and $51,250 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality writing studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Writing Studies in Kentucky

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$62,260 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisville. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky list. University of Louisville is a public institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofL are $27,575, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Writing Studies at UofL

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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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