2022 Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Virginia” 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 Virginia, there were 679 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,200 and $26,900 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia” 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.

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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Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia

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

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Writing Studies in Virginia

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia list. Blacksburg, Virginia 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Virginia Tech, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Virginia Tech Writing Studies Report

#2

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$33,288 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Old Dominion University landed the #2 spot on the list. Old Dominion University is a large school located in Norfolk, Virginia that handed out 10 doctorate’s writing degrees in 2019-2020.

Old Dominion also made our “Best Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Old Dominion University are $33,288, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Writing Studies at Old Dominion

#3

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Writing Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s writing students in 2019-2020.

GMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Writing Studies at GMU

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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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