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2023 Most Popular Online Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools

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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 Most Popular Online Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 24 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Southern New Hampshire University to be the most popular school for writing studies students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the midsize suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 137 students majoring in writing at SNHU, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Out of the 24 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a very large student population.

About 78% of the students majoring in writing at the school are women while 22% are male.

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Out of the 24 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - East landed the # 3 spot on the list. IU East is a small public school located in the rural area of Richmond.

About 81% of the students majoring in writing at the school are women while 19% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 14 students majoring in writing at BGSU, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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Out of the 24 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the # 5 spot on the list. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the city of Mankato.

Women make up 77% of the writing majors at the school.

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University of Maryland - Baltimore ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Baltimore, UMB is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 50% of the writing majors at the school.

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#7

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

University of Arkansas came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 71% of the students majoring in writing at the school are women while 29% are male.

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#8

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

With a ranking of #8, University of Kentucky did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for writing studies students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 83% of the students majoring in writing at the school are women while 17% are male.

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Arizona State University - Skysong did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for writing studies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

Women make up 60% of the writing majors at the school.

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#10

Radford University

Radford, VA

Radford University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for writing studies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Radford is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Radford.

Women make up 75% of the writing majors at the school.

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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 24 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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