2025 Best Writing Studies Master's Degree Schools in Michigan

If you plan on getting your master's degree in writing studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #49 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Writing Studies Master's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 50 master's degrees in writing studies to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to writing studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other writing studies students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt writing studies students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized writing studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for writing studies students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Writing Studies Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Writing Studies Master's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Writing Studies in Michigan

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in writing studies.

Top Michigan Schools for a Master's in Writing

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

17 Annual Graduates

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in writing studies. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in writing studies from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

2

Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI

10 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Northern Michigan University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in writing studies. Northern Michigan University is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Marquette.More information about a master’s in writing studies from Northern Michigan University

Best Writing Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Writing Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	221	106
Ohio	207	103
Indiana	191	31
Wisconsin	173	13

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Rankings in Majors Related to Writing

One of 9 majors within the English Language & Literature area of study, Writing Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Writing Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Creative Writing	45
Rhetoric & Composition	5

Majors Similar to Writing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General English Literature	38
Literature	9

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.