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2023 Best Value Writing Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$33,720 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,068 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Writing Studies Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 12,529 people earned a degree or certificate in writing studies, making the major the #78 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Writing Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the United States to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for writing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Writing Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Writing Studies Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Writing Studies

Our analysis found Missouri Southern State University to be the best value school for writing studies students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. Missouri Southern is a small public school located in the small city of Joplin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Missouri Southern are $15,896 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - St Louis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Writing Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. UMSL is a large public school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMSL are $30,570 per year.

UMSL excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Writing Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.

Full Writing Studies at University of Missouri - St Louis Report

Out of the 7 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Wright State University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

Wright State University - Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $19,252 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value writing studies schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC are $27,111 per year.

Full Writing Studies at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Report

#5

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at University at Buffalo helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value writing studies schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University at Buffalo are $28,702 a year.

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#6

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Writing Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Boston U are $59,816 per year.

Boston U also claimed a spot on our Best Writing Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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#7

The Creative Circus

Atlanta, GA

With a ranking of #7, The Creative Circus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for writing studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Atlanta, The Creative Circus is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, writing majors at The Creative Circus accumulate an average of around $30,096 in student debt.

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Writing Studies by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 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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