2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the Far Western US Region

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General Writing is the 500th most popular major in the country with 856 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 89 general writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 general writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general writing. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general writing.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree general writing students.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Writing in the Far Western US Region

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California State University - San Bernardino
San Bernardino, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - San Bernardino. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the Far Western US Region list. This fairly large school is located in San Bernardino, California, and it awarded 37 masters’s general writing degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full California State University - San Bernardino General Writing Report

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San Diego State University
San Diego, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Diego State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the Far Western US Region. San Diego State University is a large school located in San Diego, California that handed out 9 masters’s general writing degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, 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 89%.

Read full report on General Writing at SDSU

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Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pacific Northwest College of Art. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the Far Western US Region list. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 1 masters’s general writing degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Pacific Northwest College of Art General Writing Report

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Portland State University
Portland, Oregon

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Portland State University is a large school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 0 masters’s general writing degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Portland State University General Writing Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Writing

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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