Rhetoric and Composition Writing Studies

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 23.1301 - 23.1399.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 627 institutions across the United States, with a total of 41522 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

2,080

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

312

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

6,030

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

448

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

4,160

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

146

degrees awarded

Other Awards

28,346

awards given

Top Schools for Rhetoric and Composition Writing Studies

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Chattahoochee Technical College Marietta, GA	2,856
2	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	2,637
3	Southern Crescent Technical College Griffin, GA	1,736
4	Full Sail University Winter Park, FL	1,437
5	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	759
6	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	746
7	Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA	561
8	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	498
9	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	478
10	Emerson College Boston, MA	477
11	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	477
12	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	450
13	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	384
14	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	366
15	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	354
16	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	351
17	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	345
18	The New School New York, NY	306
19	Lindenwood University Saint Charles, MO	288
20	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	258
21	Vermont College of Fine Arts Montpelier, VT	255
22	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	252
23	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	242
24	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	240
25	Boise State University Boise, ID	235
26	Columbia College Chicago Chicago, IL	225
27	New York University New York, NY	222
28	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	216
29	University of Denver Denver, CO	216
30	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	216
31	Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA	201
32	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	190
33	Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA	189
34	Chapman University Orange, CA	189
35	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI	187
36	Brown University Providence, RI	186
37	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	183
38	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	183
39	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	177
40	The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX	174
41	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	174
42	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC	174
43	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	160
44	Clemson University Clemson, SC	159
45	Columbus Technical College Columbus, GA	156
46	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	155
47	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	153
48	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	153
49	CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY	150
50	Weber State University Ogden, UT	147
51	Portland State University Portland, OR	147
52	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	147
53	Western Colorado University Gunnison, CO	146
54	Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO	138
55	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	138
56	Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY	135
57	Queens University of Charlotte Charlotte, NC	135
58	Antioch University-Los Angeles Culver City, CA	135
59	Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH	135
60	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	135
61	Central Georgia Technical College Warner Robins, GA	132
62	Lanier Technical College Gainesville, GA	132
63	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	132
64	Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA	126
65	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	126
66	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	123
67	University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock, AR	123
68	Warren Wilson College Swannanoa, NC	123
69	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	120
70	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	120
71	Hamline University Saint Paul, MN	120
72	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	117
73	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	117
74	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	117
75	Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, GA	114
76	Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PA	114
77	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	114
78	Georgia Northwestern Technical College Rome, GA	112
79	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	111
80	DePaul University Chicago, IL	111
81	Lesley University Cambridge, MA	111
82	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	110
83	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA	108
84	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	108
85	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	108
86	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	106
87	Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA	105
88	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN	105
89	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	103
90	Washington State University Pullman, WA	100
91	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	99
92	Pacific University Forest Grove, OR	99
93	School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL	99
94	Arcadia University Glenside, PA	99
95	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA	99
96	College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL	96
97	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA	96
98	University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE	96
99	Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI	95
100	University of Southern Maine Portland, ME	94