2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Writing Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Writing Studies is the 76th most popular major in the country with 13,036 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, writing studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,483 and had an average of $27,853 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 998 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,400 and $25,334 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent writing studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the writing studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Writing Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies

Springfield, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$12,351 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Writing Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s writing students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drury University - CCPS, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Writing Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Drury University - CCPS is $12,351 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Writing students whose families make $0-$30k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Writing Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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