2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Writing Studies in Kentucky

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Writing Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in writing studies. 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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The writing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Writing Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky”.

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Best Value Writing Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Writing Studies in Kentucky

#1

Spalding University

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$12,286 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$28,598 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Spalding University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Writing Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky. Louisville, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s writing degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

Spalding did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Spalding are $12,286, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Writing Studies at Spalding

#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Writing Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #2 spot on the list. UK is a large public school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 10 masters’s writing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UK, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216.

Read full report on Writing Studies at University of Kentucky

#3

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

#3 in overall quality

$18,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Writing Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #3 spot on the list. WKU is a fairly large public school situated in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It awarded 7 masters’s writing degrees in 2019-2020.

WKU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Kentucky University are $18,340, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full WKU Writing Studies Report

#4

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

#4 in overall quality

$14,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Writing Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #4 spot on the list. Richmond, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s writing degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Eastern also took the #4 spot in our “Best Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Kentucky University are $14,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Writing Studies at Eastern

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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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