by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Writing Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Vermont, there were 141 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,532 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,418 and $24,482 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Writing Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in writing studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful writing studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Writing Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Writing Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Champlain College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Writing Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s list. Champlain College is a small school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 20 bachelors’s writing degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Vermont University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Writing Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s list. Northern Vermont University is a public institution located in Johnson, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Goddard College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Writing Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s. Goddard College is a small school located in Plainfield, Vermont that handed out 6 bachelors’s writing degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Writing Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bennington College landed the #4 spot on the list. Bennington is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bennington, Vermont. It awarded 1 bachelors’s writing degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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