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2023 Best Value Writing Studies Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

25 Colleges
$28,125 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Writing Studies Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 4,263 people earned a degree or certificate in writing studies, making the major the #56 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Writing Studies Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for writing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for writing majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Writing Studies Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found North Dakota State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for writing studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Located in the midsize city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, North Dakota State University is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 25 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.

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#3

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Duquesne University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Duquesne is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Duquesne graduate students pay an average of $24,534 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $22,944 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UT Austin is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at El Paso is a great value for writing studies students working on their doctor’s degree. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the city of El Paso.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UTEP are $16,621 a year.

Full Writing Studies at The University of Texas at El Paso Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames.

Iowa State graduate students pay an average of $26,948 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Iowa State is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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#7

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

Texas Christian University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TCU are $32,268 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, TCU also is in the top 5% of our Best Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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University of California - Berkeley came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 per year.

UC Berkeley also claimed a spot on our Best Writing Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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#9

University of Houston

Houston, TX

With a ranking of #9, University of Houston did quite well on this year’s best value schools for writing studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH are $18,871 per year.

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Texas Woman’s University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for writing studies students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TWU are $15,048 per year.

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Writing Studies by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 3 majors within the area of study, writing studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General English Literature 4,966
English Literature (Other) 175
Literature 162

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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.

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