2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Plains States Region
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Degrees Awarded
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Rhetoric & Composition is the 297th most popular major in the country with 1,835 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 223 rhetoric & composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 rhetoric & composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in rhetoric & composition. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their rhetoric & composition program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree rhetoric and composition students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Rhetoric & Composition in the Plains States Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s rhetoric and composition students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Rhetoric & Composition at North Dakota State University
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Rhetoric and Composition Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s rhetoric and composition degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Rhetoric & Composition at UMN Twin Cities
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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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