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Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$18,770 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 #78 in the country. In fact 12,529 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, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Southwest 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.

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

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for writing studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

ASU - Skysong graduate students pay an average of $9,982 in tuition and fees each year.

ASU - Skysong did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 7 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 2 spot on the list. 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.

Texas Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $15,600 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Houston - Downtown helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value writing studies schools in the Southwest Region . UH Downtown is a large public school located in the city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UH Downtown are $15,991 a year.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.

NAU graduate students pay an average of $20,125 in tuition and fees each year.

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Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate writing studies programs. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $24,432 in tuition and fees each year.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate writing studies programs. UTSA is a very large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTSA are $27,560 per year.

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Best Writing Studies Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 418
Arizona 322
Oklahoma 54
New Mexico 162

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 40,481
English Literature (Other) 942
Literature 683

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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