Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies

1,215 programs at U.S. colleges award 13,117 credentials a year in this field (CIP 23.13). Bachelor's graduates nationally earn a median of $48,471 four years after graduating.

Highest-paying Undergraduate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	$43,896	$26,697	56
Boise State University Boise, ID	$31,148	—	10
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	$29,647	$23,750	—
Temple University Philadelphia, PA	$24,951	—	5

Highest-paying Associate's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Austin Community College District Austin, TX	$33,514	$10,105	17
Full Sail University Winter Park, FL	$28,090	$24,022	31

Highest-paying Bachelor's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Wabash College Crawfordsville, IN	$50,446	$27,000	11
University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	$47,950	—	27
Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	$47,377	$21,793	13
University of North Texas Denton, TX	$45,015	$17,931	—
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$44,553	$13,000	42
Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	$44,411	$23,495	52
Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	$44,411	$23,495	9
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$43,524	$13,728	26
Clemson University Clemson, SC	$43,505	$20,250	53
University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	$43,267	$20,500	16
Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	$42,287	$23,250	71
George Mason University Fairfax, VA	$40,114	$20,000	26
Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	$39,943	$20,494	11
Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MN	$39,558	$13,095	16
Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO	$39,526	$17,813	46
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$38,713	$21,323	35
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	$38,407	$18,689	139
The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	$37,883	$12,917	—
Texas State University San Marcos, TX	$37,548	$20,045	20
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, PA	$37,446	$26,000	17
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	$36,244	—	33
Weber State University Ogden, UT	$36,205	$20,991	36
University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE	$35,726	—	13
Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA	$35,716	$25,000	171
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	$35,700	$24,046	170

Highest-paying Master's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MA	$77,360	—	3
Northeastern University Boston, MA	$77,360	—	0
Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles, CA	$70,010	—	17
The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX	$63,112	$37,705	32
Ashland University Ashland, OH	$61,708	—	14
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus Madison, NJ	$56,767	$37,523	22
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Teaneck, NJ	$56,767	$37,523	—
Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA	$55,464	—	28
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$55,398	$33,763	123
Boise State University Boise, ID	$55,136	—	19
Towson University Towson, MD	$53,974	—	9
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	$53,254	$29,204	20
University of North Texas Denton, TX	$52,948	—	2
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	$52,025	—	22
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	$51,233	—	21
University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	$51,069	$51,250	31
University at Albany Albany, NY	$50,934	—	0
University of Houston-Downtown Houston, TX	$50,595	—	11
Fairfield University Fairfield, CT	$50,135	$28,105	22
National Louis University Chicago, IL	$49,641	—	0
Pacific University Forest Grove, OR	$49,513	$57,621	29
Queens University of Charlotte Charlotte, NC	$49,346	$45,073	31
DePaul University Chicago, IL	$49,334	$34,166	29
Lindenwood University Saint Charles, MO	$48,018	$38,036	96
Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	$47,951	—	16

Highest-paying Doctoral degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$82,205	—	0
Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	$58,015	—	12