2025 Best Writing Studies Schools in South Carolina

If you plan on majoring in writing studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #81 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Writing Studies Schools in South Carolina ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 111 degrees in writing studies to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Writing Studies Schools List

Pick Your Writing Studies Degree Level

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 South Carolina list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Writing Studies in South Carolina

The schools below may not offer all types of writing degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top South Carolina Schools in Writing

1

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

72 Writing Degrees Awarded

$43,505 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in writing studies needs to check out Clemson University. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Those writing studies students who get their degree from Clemson University make $8,539 more than the typical writing student.

More information about a degree in writing studies from Clemson University

2

College of Charleston
Charleston, SC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in writing studies has to look into College of Charleston. C of C is a fairly large public college located in the midsize city of Charleston.More information about a degree in writing studies from College of Charleston

Best Writing Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Writing Studies Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	287	293
Florida	282	604
North Carolina	279	203
Virginia	274	554
Tennessee	269	59
Kentucky	244	57
Louisiana	242	43
Mississippi	234	44
Arkansas	234	98
Alabama	233	69
West Virginia	207	30

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Rankings in Majors Related to Writing

Writing Studies is one of 9 different types of English Language & Literature programs to choose from.

Writing Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Rhetoric & Composition	71
Creative Writing	38
Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing	1
Other Rhetoric & Composition/Writing Studies	1

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Majors Similar to Writing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General English Literature	439

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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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More about our data sources and methodologies.