by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Writing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Writing Studies is the 81st most popular major in the country with 12,529 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, writing studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,208 and had an average of $24,626 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,231 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,980 and $25,554 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 53 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Writing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in writing studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their writing studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Writing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree writing students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Reading Area Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Writing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This small school is located in Reading, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 8 associates’s writing degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tompkins Cortland Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Writing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Tompkins Cortland is located in Dryden, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 associates’s writing degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Writing Studies at Tompkins Cortland Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kingsborough Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Writing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This fairly large school is located in Brooklyn, New York, and it awarded 18 associates’s writing degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Finger Lakes Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Writing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Finger Lakes Community College is located in Canandaigua, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 associates’s writing degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nassau Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Writing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This fairly large school is located in Garden City, New York, and it awarded 10 associates’s writing degrees in 2020-2021.
Adirondack Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Writing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This small school is located in Queensbury, New York, and it awarded 2 associates’s writing degrees in 2020-2021.
Monroe Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Writing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #7. Rochester, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s writing degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Delaware County Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Writing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Delaware County Community College is located in Media, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 associates’s writing degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Writing Studies at Delaware County Community College
Warren County Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Writing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Warren County Community College is located in Washington, New Jersey and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s writing degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Cayuga County Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Writing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Cayuga Community College is a small school located in Auburn, New York that handed out 0 associates’s writing degrees in 2020-2021.
Onondaga Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Writing Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Syracuse, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified associates’s writing students in 2020-2021.
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