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2023 Best Value Writing Studies Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$23,673 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,275 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Writing Studies Master's Degree School for You

Writing Studies is the #127 most popular major in Tennessee with 59 degrees and certificates awarded 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 Best Value Writing Studies Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for writing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Writing Studies Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Writing Studies

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Tennessee - Knoxville the best value school in Tennessee for writing studies students working on their master’s degree. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Knoxville are $13,380 a year.

UT Knoxville also took the #4 spot in our Best Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee rankings.

Full Writing Studies at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Report

Out of the 4 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Sewanee - The University of the South landed the # 2 spot on the list. Sewanee is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Sewanee.

Sewanee graduate students pay an average of $18,243 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Sewanee also took the #2 spot in our Best Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee rankings.

Read full report on Writing Studies at Sewanee - The University of the South

#3

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Memphis is a great value for writing studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UofM are $10,908 a year.

Read full report on Writing Studies at University of Memphis

#4

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Vanderbilt are $52,162 a year.

Vanderbilt also made our Best Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Writing Studies at Vanderbilt University

Best Value Writing Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Writing Studies Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 299
Virginia 563
North Carolina 226
Florida 604
Kentucky 69
South Carolina 116
Louisiana 46
Arkansas 113
Alabama 83
Mississippi 44
West Virginia 30

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
General English Literature 40,481
English Literature (Other) 942
Literature 683

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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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