General Writing is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #500 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Writing Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 23 degrees in general writing during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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 Best General Writing Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general writing degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is hard to beat Northwestern University if you want to pursue a degree in general writing. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.More information about a degree in general writing from Northwestern University
Augustana College is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in general writing. Located in the small city of Rock Island, Augustana is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 21st out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 1 general writing students who graduated with this degree at Augustana in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Illinois Wesleyan University if you wish to pursue a degree in general writing. Illinois Wesleyan is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bloomington. A Best Colleges rank of #463 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Illinois Wesleyan is a great university overall.
There were approximately 7 general writing students who graduated with this degree at Illinois Wesleyan in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat North Central College if you want to pursue a degree in general writing. North Central is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Naperville. This college ranks 25th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 1 general writing students who graduated with this degree at North Central in the most recent year we have data available.
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).