2024 Best Writing Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in writing studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #65 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for writing studies students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 37 bachelor's degrees in writing studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to writing studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of writing studies students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt writing studies students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized writing studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for writing studies students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Writing Studies Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Writing Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Writing Studies in Tennessee

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for writing studies students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Tennessee Schools for a Bachelor's in Writing

1

Lee University
Cleveland, TN

10 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Lee University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in writing studies. Lee University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Cleveland.More information about a bachelor’s in writing studies from Lee University

2

East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN

16 Annual Graduates

$29,351 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in writing studies has to check out East Tennessee State University. ETSU is a large public university located in the city of Johnson City.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the writing program earn around $29,351 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in writing studies from East Tennessee State University

Best Writing Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Writing Studies Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	326
Georgia	224	239
North Carolina	213	80
Virginia	213	399
South Carolina	195	81
Kentucky	187	9
Alabama	184	39
Louisiana	171	12
Mississippi	169	29
Arkansas	167	61
West Virginia	147	12

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Rankings in Majors Related to Writing

Writing Studies is one of 9 different types of English Language & Literature programs to choose from.

Writing Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Creative Writing	16
Rhetoric & Composition	16
Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing	5

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General English Literature	645
Literature	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO. More about our data sources and methodologies.