by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Writing Major in Colorado” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 12,529 people earned their degree in writing studies, making the major the 81st most popular in the United States. 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 Colorado, there were 242 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,954 and $24,769 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 106 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,172 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Writing Major in Colorado” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in writing studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in writing studies.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Writing Major in Colorado”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Naropa University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Writing Major in Colorado. Naropa University is a small school located in Boulder, Colorado that handed out 12 masters’s writing degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Colorado University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Writing Major in Colorado list. Gunnison, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s writing degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Writing Studies at Western Colorado University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Writing Major in Colorado. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 39 degrees to qualified masters’s writing students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regis University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Writing Major in Colorado list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s writing students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Writing Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #5 spot on the list. Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 masters’s writing degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Colorado Boulder ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Writing Major in Colorado list. Boulder, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s writing degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on Writing Studies at University of Colorado Boulder
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