by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Writing is the 500th most popular major in the country with 856 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 52 general writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 8 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Connecticut State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Danbury, Connecticut, and it awarded 20 ’s general writing degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Champlain College landed the #2 spot on the list. Champlain College is a small school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 20 ’s general writing degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified ’s general writing students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the #4 spot on the list. Johnson, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s general writing degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. The school came in at #5 for the Schools Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the New England Region. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Standish, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Salem State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the New England Region ranking. Salem State is a medium-sized school located in Salem, Massachusetts that handed out 0 ’s general writing degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Bennington College did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the New England Region list. Bennington is a small school located in Bennington, Vermont that handed out 0 ’s general writing degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #6, Elms College did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on General Writing Major in the New England Region list. Elms College is located in Chicopee, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s general writing degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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