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CIP GROUP: 23.13
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.

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

National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 309 7462 3877
2021 265 7169 3729
2022 240 6597 3697
2023 278 6525 4001
2024 312 6030 4160
Change -10.03% -12.56% +3.20%

Related CIPs

23 ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS.
23.13 Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.
23.1399 Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies, Other.
23.1301 Writing, General.
23.1302 Creative Writing.
23.1303 Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing.
23.1304 Rhetoric and Composition.

Institutions granting degrees in Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College8 +100.00%
Adams State University1 -50.00%
Agnes Scott College11 +45.45%
Alaska Pacific University4 -
Albion College4 -50.00%
Anderson University1 -
Aquinas College4 -56.25%
Arcadia University9 +55.56%
Arizona State University Campus Immersion9 -
Arizona State University Digital Immersion52 +21.28%
Arkansas Tech University7 -33.33%
Asbury University3 -75.00%
Ashland University5 -60.00%
Augsburg University7 -14.29%
Augustana College11 -30.00%
Austin College5 -20.00%
Baldwin Wallace University5 -66.67%
Bard College at Simon's Rock2 -66.67%
Bates College10 -
Baylor University26 +23.53%
Belhaven University4 -
Beloit College20 -11.76%
Bemidji State University5 -70.59%
Bennington College14 +133.33%
Berry College6 -58.33%
Bethel University2 +20.00%
Binghamton University29 -26.67%
Black Hills State University5 +50.00%
Blackburn College4 +66.67%
Bloomfield College3 -
Bluffton University2 -100.00%
Boise State University45 +191.67%
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus67 -31.75%
Bradley University2 -83.33%
Brandeis University9 -15.38%
Bridgewater College7 -
Brown University39 -19.15%
Bucknell University12 +47.06%
CUNY Brooklyn College17 -4.17%
CUNY New York City College of Technology7 -9.09%
CUNY York College7 -
Cabrini University8 +25.00%
California Baptist University2 -100.00%
California College of the Arts2 -100.00%
Calvin University13 +25.00%
Campbell University1 -
Canisius University2 -
Capital University8 -
Carnegie Mellon University15 -43.24%
Carroll College2 -33.33%
Carson-Newman University1 -50.00%
Cedar Crest College1 -50.00%
Cedarville University4 +100.00%
Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences1 -
Central Washington University67 +88.46%
Champlain College15 -47.22%
Chapman University37 +25.93%
Charleston Southern University2 -85.71%
Chatham University5 -16.67%
Christian Brothers University2 -20.00%
Clark Atlanta University4 +200.00%
Clemson University53 +12.70%
Coe College8 -
Colby College22 +27.27%
Colby-Sawyer College2 -25.00%
College of Our Lady of the Elms2 -
Colorado Christian University2 -
Colorado College13 -55.00%
Columbia College Chicago46 -23.08%
Columbia University in the City of New York33 +61.29%
Converse University1 +300.00%
Corban University2 -
Cornell College9 -35.71%
Cornerstone University2 -66.67%
Covenant College3 -37.50%
Cumberland University5 -
DePaul University8 -12.50%
DePauw University20 -23.08%
Denison University12 +150.00%
Dordt University3 -50.00%
Drake University11 -34.78%
Drury University8 -36.36%
Duquesne University1 -
Earlham College2 -
East Carolina University1 -
East Tennessee State University12 +110.00%
Eastern Mennonite University6 -
Eastern Michigan University9 -28.57%
Eastern Washington University6 +50.00%
Eckerd College9 -46.67%
Elmhurst University13 -
Elon University6 +300.00%
Emerson College92 +0.81%
Emory & Henry University3 -66.67%
Emory University30 +8.51%
Excelsior University5 -25.00%
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus9 +46.67%
Ferris State University17 +11.76%
Ferrum College1 -
Fitchburg State University3 -25.00%
Florida Southern College5 -37.50%
Franklin College6 -60.00%
Franklin and Marshall College11 -6.67%
Full Sail University244 +0.43%
Geneva College4 -33.33%
George Fox University7 -
George Mason University26 -90.99%
George Washington University13 +37.50%
Georgia College & State University6 -33.33%
Georgia Southern University63 +8.77%
Goddard College2 -57.14%
Goshen College1 -100.00%
Goucher College16 -
Grand Canyon University72 +68.52%
Grand Valley State University37 -
Guilford College7 +25.00%
Hamilton College15 -28.57%
Hamline University13 -47.83%
Hampshire College4 +84.62%
Hartwick College2 +50.00%
Heidelberg University5 -50.00%
High Point University1 +171.43%
Hiram College4 -66.67%
Hobart William Smith Colleges14 +22.22%
Hofstra University4 -
Hollins University3 -
Houghton University6 -16.67%
Houston Christian University2 +80.00%
Illinois College13 -46.15%
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion5 -81.82%
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development3 +133.33%
Iowa State University14 +50.00%
Ithaca College29 +16.67%
Jackson State University3 -58.33%
James Madison University37 +12.20%
Johns Hopkins University26 -50.00%
Juniata College5 -33.33%
Kansas City Art Institute4 +16.67%
Kansas Wesleyan University1 -
Keuka College2 -
King's College4 -
Knox College20 -23.53%
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania29 -43.75%
La Roche University5 +25.00%
Lakeland University2 -100.00%
Lebanon Valley College5 -
Lee University10 +37.50%
Lesley University10 +100.00%
Lewis-Clark State College3 -50.00%
Liberty University146 -
Linfield University6 -16.67%
Loras College4 -38.46%
Loyola University Chicago11 -
Loyola University Maryland16 -8.00%
Loyola University New Orleans18 -23.08%
Lubbock Christian University3 +50.00%
Macalester College15 -
Maharishi International University5 +60.00%
Malone University4 -50.00%
Manhattanville College14 -27.78%
Marian University1 -66.67%
Marquette University15 -16.67%
Marshall University2 -11.11%
Marymount Manhattan College6 +16.67%
Maryville College5 -16.67%
Marywood University1 -50.00%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 -
McMurry University2 -
Mercer University5 -
Merrimack College7 -
Metropolitan State University16 +4.55%
Metropolitan State University of Denver46 -8.11%
Miami University-Oxford71 -12.26%
Michigan State University25 -40.91%
Millikin University3 +20.00%
Millsaps College5 -
Minnesota State University-Mankato11 +62.50%
Mississippi College8 +9.09%
Missouri State University-Springfield13 -15.63%
Missouri University of Science and Technology11 +160.00%
Montclair State University12 -
Morehead State University4 -20.00%
Muhlenberg College3 -
Murray State University1 -100.00%
New England College3 -16.67%
New Jersey Institute of Technology8 -12.50%
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology2 -28.57%
North Central College7 -75.00%
North Central University1 -71.43%
Northeastern State University8 +400.00%
Northern Michigan University8 -40.00%
Northern State University6 -50.00%
Northland College7 -66.67%
Northwest Missouri State University10 +16.67%
Northwestern University1 -
Oakland University28 -16.13%
Oberlin College27 +16.67%
Ohio Northern University3 +50.00%
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus1 -
Ohio University-Main Campus22 +38.89%
Ohio University-Southern Campus1 -
Ohio Wesleyan University6 -50.00%
Oklahoma Baptist University2 -
Oklahoma Christian University2 +50.00%
Old Dominion University171 +5.00%
Olivet Nazarene University5 -
Oregon Institute of Technology2 -
Oregon State University15 -
Otterbein University7 -36.36%
Pacific Lutheran University13 +9.09%
Pacific University4 +10.00%
Park University3 -
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks5 +14.29%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College3 +50.00%
Pepperdine University13 -37.50%
Pitzer College2 -
Point Loma Nazarene University6 -66.67%
Point Park University8 -
Portland State University29 +54.55%
Pratt Institute-Main23 -5.88%
Principia College2 -
Providence College13 +60.00%
Purdue University-Main Campus61 +38.89%
Queens University of Charlotte10 -20.00%
Randolph College1 -33.33%
Randolph-Macon College2 +300.00%
Reinhardt University1 +200.00%
Rhode Island College8 +550.00%
Ringling College of Art and Design6 +200.00%
Roanoke College8 -53.33%
Rocky Mountain College3 -33.33%
Roger Williams University4 -33.33%
SUNY Buffalo State University10 +8.33%
SUNY College at Plattsburgh9 -53.33%
SUNY College at Potsdam13 +10.00%
SUNY at Fredonia2 -
SUNY at Purchase College11 +21.05%
Saginaw Valley State University20 -24.14%
Saint Edward's University16 -25.00%
Saint Joseph's College of Maine1 -100.00%
Saint Mary's College4 -81.82%
Salem College2 -50.00%
Salem State University12 -58.82%
Salve Regina University6 -
San Diego State University6 +75.00%
San Francisco State University16 -94.74%
Savannah College of Art and Design20 -20.83%
School of the Art Institute of Chicago13 +10.00%
Scripps College7 -
Seattle University15 -37.50%
Seton Hall University6 +14.29%
Seton Hill University1 -100.00%
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania17 +31.58%
Simmons University6 -33.33%
South Georgia State College2 -
Southeastern University1 +300.00%
Southern Methodist University12 +266.67%
Southern New Hampshire University580 +33.33%
Southern Oregon University13 -21.43%
Spalding University2 -33.33%
St Bonaventure University2 -
St. John's University-New York1 -100.00%
St. Thomas Aquinas College3 -66.67%
State University of New York at Cortland6 +44.44%
State University of New York at Oswego27 -10.34%
Stephen F Austin State University11 -11.54%
Stephens College1 -20.00%
Stony Brook University15 -
Sul Ross State University2 -66.67%
Susquehanna University35 -2.56%
Sweet Briar College5 +50.00%
Syracuse University27 -30.30%
Taylor University4 -52.94%
Texas Christian University11 -29.41%
Texas State University20 -60.66%
Texas Tech University11 -97.16%
The New School12 +150.00%
The University of Findlay2 -25.00%
The University of Montana9 -
The University of Tampa10 -26.67%
The University of Texas at Austin35 -23.44%
The University of Texas at El Paso23 -5.88%
The University of the South5 -
Thiel College3 -
Trinity University4 -10.00%
Truman State University17 +17.65%
University of Alabama in Huntsville11 +100.00%
University of Arizona49 -
University of Arkansas at Little Rock15 +125.00%
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith6 -50.00%
University of California-Berkeley42 -32.91%
University of California-Riverside66 -9.26%
University of Central Arkansas23 -16.00%
University of Central Florida21 -15.63%
University of Central Oklahoma15 -47.37%
University of Chicago31 +54.17%
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus70 +8.77%
University of Colorado Colorado Springs7 -
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus16 +17.86%
University of Evansville4 -36.36%
University of Houston-Downtown13 -
University of Idaho19 -48.15%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign32 -4.00%
University of Indianapolis5 -7.69%
University of Kentucky13 -22.22%
University of La Verne2 -
University of Maine at Farmington14 -22.22%
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth6 -
University of Miami10 -20.00%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor27 +3.57%
University of Michigan-Flint10 -37.50%
University of Minnesota-Morris5 +11.11%
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities139 -12.08%
University of Mississippi1 -
University of Mobile2 -
University of Montevallo13 -18.75%
University of Mount Union3 -40.00%
University of Nebraska at Kearney13 -71.43%
University of Nebraska at Omaha11 -11.11%
University of New Mexico-Main Campus68 -35.88%
University of North Carolina Wilmington33 -32.65%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte3 -
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford2 +25.00%
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg21 -28.57%
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown13 -3.70%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus170 -23.33%
University of Puget Sound8 -73.68%
University of Redlands12 +300.00%
University of Rhode Island16 -40.00%
University of Richmond21 +53.33%
University of Rochester19 +116.67%
University of South Carolina Aiken2 -
University of South Florida27 -
University of Southern California41 -5.13%
University of St Thomas17 +41.67%
University of Tulsa6 +25.00%
University of Utah27 -15.63%
University of Washington-Seattle Campus36 -44.00%
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus26 -26.67%
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay12 -
University of Wisconsin-Stout10 -59.26%
University of Wisconsin-Superior14 +42.86%
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater11 -
University of the Arts12 -30.00%
Valparaiso University4 +20.00%
Vermont State University3 -
Wabash College11 +40.00%
Waldorf University2 -100.00%
Warren Wilson College12 +160.00%
Washington University in St Louis17 +23.08%
Waynesburg University3 -
Weber State University36 +20.69%
Webster University7 -
Wellesley College4 +111.11%
Wells College4 -50.00%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania106 -43.98%
West Virginia Wesleyan College1 +33.33%
Western Connecticut State University14 +40.00%
Western Michigan University35 -38.64%
Western New England University1 +40.00%
Western Washington University115 +16.24%
Westminster University4 -
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)7 -14.29%
Whitman College14 -
Wichita State University8 -18.18%
William Peace University3 -100.00%
Woodbury University2 -
Yeshiva University4 -56.25%
York College of Pennsylvania9 -33.33%
Young Harris College5 -25.00%
Youngstown State University40 +1.92%