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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Writing (Income $0-$30k) in California

1 Ranked Colleges
15 Degrees Awarded
$8,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Writing Schools for a Bachelor's in California For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Writing Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 948 people earned their degree in general writing, making the major the 463rd most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 49 general writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 general writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general writing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general writing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value General Writing Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value General Writing Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Writing Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Writing (Income $0-$30k) in California

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Diego State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Writing Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k. SDSU is a large school located in San Diego, California that handed out 12 bachelors’s general writing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SDSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Writing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $8,870 for California Bachelor’s Degree General Writing students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend San Diego State University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.

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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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