by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Writing Major in Mississippi” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 13,544 people earned their degree in writing studies, making the major the 81st most popular in the United States. In , writing studies graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $32,229 and had an average of $27,802 in loans still to pay off.
Across Mississippi, there were 64 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 writing studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,248 and $46,701 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Writing Major in Mississippi” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in writing studies. That schools that top this list have a program in writing studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Writing Major in Mississippi” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Writing Major in Mississippi”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Writing Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi University for Women landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Columbus, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s writing students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Writing Major in Mississippi list. Ole Miss is a large school located in University, Mississippi that handed out 9 masters’s writing degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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