2025 Best Writing Studies Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

Writing Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #49 most popular master's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Writing Studies Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 11 master's degrees in writing studies during the 2021-2022 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Writing Studies Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin list to help you make the college decision.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in writing studies.

Top Wisconsin Schools for a Master's in Writing

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

7 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in writing studies. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the large city of Madison.More information about a master’s in writing studies from University of Wisconsin - Madison

2

University of Wisconsin - Stout
Menomonie, WI

4 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Wisconsin - Stout if you wish to pursue a master's degree in writing studies. Located in the distant town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in writing studies from University of Wisconsin - Stout

Best Writing Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	221	106
Michigan	211	66
Ohio	207	103
Indiana	191	31

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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	7
Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing	4

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General English Literature	38

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.