2025 Best Writing Studies Master's Degree Schools in Iowa

a master's degree in writing studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #49 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Writing Studies Master's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 80 master's degrees in writing studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 schools 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 Iowa list to help you make the college decision.

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

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for writing studies students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Iowa Schools for a Master's in Writing

1

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

12 Annual Graduates

Iowa State University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a master's degree in writing studies. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ames.More information about a master’s in writing studies from Iowa State University

2

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

58 Annual Graduates

$29,655 Median Starting Salary

University of Iowa is a great option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in writing studies. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the writing program report average early career wages of $29,655.

More information about a master’s in writing studies from University of Iowa

Best Writing Studies Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	132
Minnesota	174	79
Kansas	149	12
Nebraska	123	17
North Dakota	115	0

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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	77
Rhetoric & Composition	3

Most Popular Majors Related to Writing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General English Literature	12
English Literature (Other)	1

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).
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