Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.

Colleges with published bachelor's-degree earnings for this field. Figures are medians for students who received federal aid.

#	College	median earnings	Median debt	Enrolled
1	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	$49K	$25K	69
2	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$41K	$12K	33
3	Iowa State University Ames, IA	$41K	—	14
4	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	$40K	—	12
5	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	$39K	$16K	21
6	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$39K	$16K	19
7	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	$38K	$24K	—
8	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	$38K	—	16
9	Clemson University Clemson, SC	$38K	$20K	40
10	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	$38K	$14K	20
11	Oglethorpe University Atlanta, GA	$38K	—	—
12	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	$37K	—	14
13	Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO	$37K	$18K	46
14	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	$37K	—	—
15	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	$37K	—	15
16	Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD	$37K	$25K	22
17	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	$37K	$17K	135
18	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	$36K	$20K	122
19	Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MN	$36K	—	20
20	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	$36K	$22K	26
21	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL	$35K	—	—
22	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$35K	—	—
23	Columbus State University Columbus, GA	$35K	—	—
24	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	$35K	$15K	31
25	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	$35K	$22K	31
26	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	$34K	$23K	55
27	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	$34K	$21K	261
28	University of Montevallo Montevallo, AL	$34K	—	16
29	University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI	$34K	—	—
30	University at Albany Albany, NY	$33K	—	—
31	Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA	$33K	$25K	185
32	University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE	$32K	—	12
33	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, PA	$32K	—	—
34	Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI	$32K	$26K	36
35	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	$32K	—	18
36	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	$32K	—	14
37	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	$31K	$25K	82
38	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	$31K	$23K	39
39	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	$31K	$16K	30
40	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	$31K	$27K	30
41	Elmhurst University Elmhurst, IL	$31K	—	16
42	Emerson College Boston, MA	$31K	$22K	137
43	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	$30K	$17K	50
44	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$30K	$14K	—
45	Hamline University Saint Paul, MN	$30K	$25K	—
46	East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN	$29K	—	15
47	Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI	$29K	$23K	22
48	Weber State University Ogden, UT	$28K	$20K	33
49	St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn, NY	$28K	—	—
50	Manhattanville University Purchase, NY	$27K	—	11
51	Augsburg University Minneapolis, MN	$27K	—	—
52	Denison University Granville, OH	$27K	—	13
53	Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA	$27K	$21K	65
54	DePauw University Greencastle, IN	$27K	—	15
55	Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX	$26K	—	11
56	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	$26K	$21K	954
57	Emory University Atlanta, GA	$26K	$12K	24
58	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CA	$25K	—	—
59	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	$25K	$13K	46
60	Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, WA	$25K	—	15
61	Rhode Island College Providence, RI	$25K	—	—
62	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	$24K	$12K	34
63	Champlain College Burlington, VT	$24K	$22K	20
64	Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH	$24K	$20K	51
65	Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, GA	$24K	$22K	20
66	Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI	$24K	$22K	36
67	Chapman University Orange, CA	$24K	$20K	29
68	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA	$24K	$24K	35
69	State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY	$24K	$26K	—
70	Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	$24K	$20K	36
71	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$24K	$18K	30
72	University of Houston Houston, TX	$24K	—	—
73	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	$23K	$24K	47
74	York College of Pennsylvania York, PA	$23K	—	—
75	Seattle University Seattle, WA	$23K	—	16
76	University of Evansville Evansville, IN	$23K	—	—
77	Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA	$23K	$25K	68
78	University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK	$23K	—	14
79	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	$23K	$15K	106
80	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	$23K	$14K	—
81	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	$22K	$16K	47
82	Calvin University Grand Rapids, MI	$22K	—	—
83	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI	$22K	—	—
84	University of Redlands Redlands, CA	$22K	—	15
85	Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI	$22K	—	—
86	Illinois College Jacksonville, IL	$21K	—	14
87	SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY	$21K	—	15
88	SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam, NY	$21K	—	12
89	Canisius University Buffalo, NY	$21K	—	—
90	Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA	$21K	$23K	27
91	Roanoke College Salem, VA	$21K	—	—
92	University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR	$21K	$20K	24
93	Beloit College Beloit, WI	$20K	$26K	19
94	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$20K	—	12
95	Full Sail University Winter Park, FL	$20K	$35K	366
96	Columbia College Chicago Chicago, IL	$19K	$26K	58
97	Taylor University Upland, IN	$19K	—	—
98	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	$19K	$16K	74
99	Knox College Galesburg, IL	$19K	—	15
100	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	$19K	—	13
101	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	$19K	$22K	30
102	University of Maine at Farmington Farmington, ME	$19K	$23K	23
103	CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY	$19K	—	14
104	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	$19K	$27K	39
105	Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA	$19K	$27K	46
106	Western Connecticut State University Danbury, CT	$18K	$26K	21
107	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA	$18K	$14K	—
108	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC	$18K	$25K	29
109	Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NY	$18K	$27K	34
110	Saint Edward's University Austin, TX	$17K	—	14
111	University of Michigan-Flint Flint, MI	$13K	—	12

Earnings shown are the median of federal-aid recipients one year after leaving school, by U.S. Department of Education records.