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2023 Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

43 Colleges
$17,632 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Writing Studies Graduate Certificate 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 43 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for writing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in the United States for writing studies students working on their graduate certificate. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, ASU - Skysong also did well on our Best Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#2

McDaniel College

Westminster, MD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend McDaniel College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small suburb of Westminster, McDaniel is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at McDaniel are $9,568 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, McDaniel also is in the top 20% of our Best Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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Out of the 43 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the # 3 spot on the list. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the city of Mankato.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Minnesota State Mankato also is in the top 10% of our Best Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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#4

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, OH

Out of the 43 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Youngstown State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Youngstown State University is a large public school located in the small city of Youngstown.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Youngstown State University are $6,931 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

BGSU graduate students pay an average of $15,823 in tuition and fees each year.

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Missouri State University - Springfield ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $12,618 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

With a ranking of #7, Texas Tech University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for writing studies students working on their graduate certificate. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of North Texas landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate writing studies programs. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNT are $15,600 a year.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Nebraska at Omaha did quite well on this year’s best value schools for writing studies students working on their graduate certificate. UNOMAHA is a large public school located in the large city of Omaha.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNOMAHA are $16,374 per year.

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University of Houston - Downtown came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. UH Downtown is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH Downtown are $15,991 per year.

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Writing Studies by Region

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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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