2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Creative Writing in the Great Lakes Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Creative Writing is the 120th most popular major in the country with 7,164 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 836 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 creative writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,470 and $126,402 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in creative writing. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their creative writing program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The creative writing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree creative writing students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Creative Writing in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UC is a public institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UC Creative Writing Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Creative Writing Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s creative writing students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Creative Writing at Western Michigan University
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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