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CIP PROGRAM: 23.1301
Writing, General.

Summary: A program that focuses on writing for applied and liberal arts purposes. Includes instruction in writing and document design in multiple genres, modes, and media; writing technologies; research, evaluation, and use of information; editing and publishing; theories and processes of composing; rhetorical theories, traditions, and analysis; communication across audiences, contexts, and cultures; and practical applications for professional, technical, organizational, academic, and public settings.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 32 731 78
2021 25 657 80
2022 23 582 93
2023 23 607 84
2024 28 513 77
Change -28.13% -16.96% +7.69%

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 Writing, General.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College8 +100.00%
Anderson University1 -
Aquinas College4 -56.25%
Bennington College1 -100.00%
Bluffton University2 -100.00%
Cabrini University8 +25.00%
Calvin University13 +25.00%
Campbell University1 -
Carroll College2 -33.33%
Cedar Crest College1 -50.00%
Champlain College15 -47.22%
College of Our Lady of the Elms2 -
Covenant College3 -37.50%
Denison University12 +150.00%
Dordt University3 -50.00%
Drake University10 -41.18%
Drury University8 -36.36%
Eastern Mennonite University6 -
Eastern Michigan University1 -77.78%
Ferris State University6 -25.00%
Geneva College4 -33.33%
George Fox University5 -
Georgia Southern University22 -25.00%
Goshen College1 -100.00%
Goucher College16 -
Grand Valley State University37 -
Heidelberg University5 -50.00%
High Point University1 +171.43%
Hobart William Smith Colleges14 +22.22%
Hofstra University4 -
Houghton University6 -16.67%
Kansas Wesleyan University1 -
Keuka College2 -
La Roche University5 +25.00%
Lakeland University2 -100.00%
Marian University1 -66.67%
Marquette University15 -16.67%
Marywood University1 -50.00%
Millikin University3 -
Mississippi College8 +9.09%
Montclair State University12 -
North Central College7 -
Northwest Missouri State University10 +16.67%
Olivet Nazarene University5 -
Point Loma Nazarene University6 -66.67%
Queens University of Charlotte2 -25.00%
Randolph-Macon College2 +300.00%
SUNY Buffalo State University10 +8.33%
SUNY College at Potsdam3 -25.00%
SUNY at Fredonia2 -
Saint Edward's University16 -25.00%
Saint Joseph's College of Maine1 -100.00%
San Diego State University6 +75.00%
Texas Christian University11 -29.41%
The University of Findlay1 -
The University of Tampa10 -26.67%
The University of Texas at Austin35 -23.44%
University of Alabama in Huntsville11 +100.00%
University of Central Arkansas2 -14.29%
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus16 +17.86%
University of Evansville2 -100.00%
University of Michigan-Flint10 -37.50%
University of Mount Union3 -40.00%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte3 -
University of South Carolina Aiken2 -
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus26 -26.67%
University of Wisconsin-Superior14 +42.86%
Vermont State University1 -
Western Connecticut State University14 +40.00%
Western Michigan University7 -53.85%
William Peace University3 -100.00%