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2023 Most Popular Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Most Popular Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Writing Studies program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for writing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Iowa the most popular school in the Plains States Region for writing studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.

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

Full Writing Studies at University of Iowa Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Minnesota State University - Mankato is a great place for writing studies students working on their graduate certificate. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

Of the 13 students majoring in writing at Minnesota State Mankato, 23% are male and 77% are female.

Full Writing Studies at Minnesota State University - Mankato Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Nebraska at Omaha helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular writing studies schools in the Plains States Region . UNOMAHA is a large public school located in the large city of Omaha.

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

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Missouri Western State University is a great place for writing studies students working on their graduate certificate. Missouri Western is a small public school located in the small city of Saint Joseph.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Missouri State University - Springfield is a great place for writing studies students working on their graduate certificate. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Springfield.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Missouri University of Science and Technology helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular writing studies schools in the Plains States Region . Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

Of the 3 students majoring in writing at Missouri University of Science and Technology, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#7

Avila University

Kansas City, MO

Avila University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Avila is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Kansas City.

Full Writing Studies at Avila University Report

University of Missouri - St Louis landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate writing studies programs. UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Full Writing Studies at University of Missouri - St Louis Report

Black Hills State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for writing studies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the distant town of Spearfish, BHSU is a public school with a small student population.

Read full report on Writing Studies at Black Hills State University

#9

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Creighton University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

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Best Writing Studies Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 144
Minnesota 92
Iowa 122
Kansas 12
Nebraska 23
North Dakota 2
South Dakota 0

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 12 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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