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2023 Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$19,321 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Writing Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, writing studies was ranked #56 in the country. In fact 4,263 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the writing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Writing Studies

#1

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, OH

Our 2023 rankings named Youngstown State University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for writing studies students working on their graduate certificate. Youngstown State University is a large public school located in the city of Youngstown.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Youngstown State University are $6,931 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BGSU are $15,823 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - East. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IU East is a small public school located in the rural area of Richmond.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IU East are $18,592 a year.

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#4

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Eastern Illinois University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value writing studies schools in the Great Lakes Region . EIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.

EIU graduate students pay an average of $21,407 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IUPUI are $26,529 a year.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate writing studies programs. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.

UC graduate students pay an average of $26,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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Wright State University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286 a year.

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Best Writing Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best writing studies schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 84
Illinois 108
Ohio 128
Indiana 51
Wisconsin 13

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

Majors Similar to Writing

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

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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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