Writing Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #81 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for writing studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 287 degrees in writing studies to qualified students.
The writing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Writing Studies rankings. For our Best Overall Writing Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Schools in Colorado list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the writing degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Denver is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in writing studies. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Denver. A Best Colleges rank of #174 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means DU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 84 writing studies students who graduated with this degree at DU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in writing studies needs to check out Metropolitan State University of Denver. Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 24th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 68 writing studies students who graduated with this degree at MSU Denver in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the writing studies program at Metropolitan State University of Denver get $4,560 more than the typical college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
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Any student pursuing a degree in writing studies has to take a look at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. CU Anschutz is a very large public university located in the city of Denver. This university ranks 14th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 33 writing studies students who graduated with this degree at CU Anschutz in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, writing degree recipients generally make around $34,339 at the beginning of their careers.
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).
The writing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Writing Studies rankings. For our Best Overall Writing Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
