WhatGradsMake

What Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies grads make

Every university with official Census earnings for this field, ranked by 5-year median salary.

Bachelor's

national median $57,301 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Arizona State UniversityAZ$56,983$80,895$88,299+41%
2Missouri University of Science and TechnologyMO$39,884$76,958+34%
3University of RichmondVA$49,750$76,659$103,955+34%
4James Madison UniversityVA$44,358$72,485$101,137+27%
5University of UtahUT$39,496$72,204+26%
6Wabash CollegeIN$59,105$70,012+22%
7College of Saint BenedictMN$48,809$69,154+21%
8Saint John's UniversityMN$48,487$68,098+19%
9Binghamton UniversityNY$39,189$67,438$92,269+18%
10University of Texas at ArlingtonTX$50,899$67,254$74,301+17%
11George Mason UniversityVA$44,932$67,236$87,909+17%
12Pennsylvania State University (The)PA$37,592$67,042$84,962+17%
13University of Texas at AustinTX$42,891$66,572$94,732+16%
14Texas A&M UniversityTX$43,407$65,807$85,147+15%
15Utah State UniversityUT$35,872$65,774$76,015+15%
16Providence CollegeRI$45,751$65,194+14%
17Texas Tech UniversityTX$41,844$64,811$85,070+13%
18St. Cloud State UniversityMN$40,883$64,718$71,441+13%
19University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesMN$41,625$63,387$83,715+11%
20University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyTX$50,096$62,818$70,298+10%
21Texas State UniversityTX$40,918$62,762$78,257+10%
22Miami UniversityOH$41,438$62,459$79,060+9%
23Metropolitan State UniversityMN$48,281$61,588$70,984+7%
24University of North TexasTX$41,122$61,309$73,618+7%
25Iowa State University of Science & TechnologyIA$43,879$61,085$72,585+7%
26Clemson UniversitySC$40,621$60,926$77,712+6%
27University of Texas at TylerTX$43,647$60,144$68,424+5%
28University of Houston - DowntownTX$46,630$60,042$72,095+5%
29University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIL$39,708$58,829$85,354+3%
30Elmhurst UniversityIL$37,067$57,781$58,659+1%
31Colorado State UniversityCO$38,449$57,672$73,093+1%
32Northern Arizona UniversityAZ$49,627$57,471$95,1890%
33Sam Houston State UniversityTX$41,964$57,301$69,4660%
34University of Texas at San AntonioTX$44,833$56,929$71,402-1%
35University of Wisconsin - StoutWI$39,505$56,563$83,557-1%
36West Texas A&M UniversityTX$37,984$56,406$59,848-2%
37Southeast Missouri State UniversityMO$40,342$56,249$65,353-2%
38Texas A&M University - CommerceTX$38,141$56,007$61,468-2%
39Metropolitan State University of DenverCO$40,262$55,851$67,804-3%
40Oregon State UniversityOR$38,198$55,728$72,656-3%
41Stephen F Austin State UniversityTX$40,124$55,577$70,050-3%
42University of HoustonTX$36,324$55,525$67,756-3%
43University of Montana (The)MT$33,372$55,307$66,514-3%
44Tarleton State UniversityTX$38,438$54,857$72,585-4%
45University of Colorado DenverCO$39,232$54,788$69,515-4%
46Georgia College & State UniversityGA$34,840$54,496$58,363-5%
47Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleIL$36,966$54,281$69,042-5%
48Bowling Green State UniversityOH$36,818$54,177$70,276-5%
49Old Dominion UniversityVA$36,927$54,110$67,604-6%
50Southern Illinois University at CarbondaleIL$35,826$54,051$71,168-6%
51Kent State UniversityOH$37,379$53,753$65,590-6%
52SUNY CortlandNY$30,273$53,485-7%
53Agnes Scott CollegeGA$28,969$53,181$40,342-7%
54Louisiana State University & Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeLA$36,620$53,107$76,295-7%
55Ohio UniversityOH$36,970$53,003$68,016-7%
56Missouri Western State UniversityMO$36,091$52,920$61,545-8%
57Sweet Briar CollegeVA$31,485$52,920$53,485-8%
58University of Minnesota MorrisMN$36,732$52,527$67,797-8%
59Portland State UniversityOR$37,915$52,401$61,630-9%
60CUNY York CollegeNY$41,695$52,354$51,789-9%
61Pennsylvania State University (The) - BerksPA$34,840$52,354$64,175-9%
62Missouri State UniversityMO$36,570$52,190$68,521-9%
63North Carolina State UniversityNC$36,491$52,116$60,590-9%
64Weber State UniversityUT$34,440$51,600-10%
65Montana Technological UniversityMT$31,485$51,223$48,487-11%
66University of CincinnatiOH$36,203$51,159$67,426-11%
67University of Akron (The)OH$34,840$50,881$64,402-11%
68Texas Southern UniversityTX$36,533$50,539$59,550-12%
69Louisiana Tech UniversityLA$31,513$49,960$65,986-13%
70University of Alabama in HuntsvilleAL$39,731$49,855$70,625-13%
71University of Louisiana at MonroeLA$29,421$49,582$53,485-13%
72University of Saint ThomasMN$33,960$49,482$70,527-14%
73CUNY Brooklyn CollegeNY$35,643$49,399$74,055-14%
74State University of New York at PlattsburghNY$29,948$49,073$69,154-14%
75Marshall UniversityWV$30,177$49,008$67,254-14%
76Macalester CollegeMN$33,239$48,698$62,075-15%
77Salem State UniversityMA$34,473$48,682$69,154-15%
78Sul Ross State UniversityTX$33,897$48,487$63,970-15%
79Western Connecticut State UniversityCT$33,710$48,085$65,498-16%
80Purdue UniversityIN$38,738$48,030$61,332-16%
81University of Northern IowaIA$35,145$47,574$57,471-17%
82University of MichiganMI$30,484$47,492$74,301-17%
83Youngstown State UniversityOH$32,591$47,409$62,421-17%
84Augsburg UniversityMN$33,604$47,270-18%
85SUNY College at PurchaseNY$28,896$47,243$63,346-18%
86Western Oregon UniversityOR$34,756$47,169$65,563-18%
87Georgia Southern UniversityGA$30,960$46,156$61,969-19%
88Monmouth CollegeIL$30,070$46,093$63,270-20%
89McNeese State UniversityLA$29,807$46,093$51,576-20%
90University of Arizona (The)AZ$31,851$45,965$60,927-20%
91Hamline UniversityMN$34,107$45,751-20%
92South Dakota State UniversitySD$32,920$45,751$59,848-20%
93Fitchburg State UniversityMA$34,630$45,075-21%
94Truman State UniversityMO$24,717$44,849-22%
95Roanoke CollegeVA$32,172$44,398-23%
96State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego)NY$27,860$42,734$55,464-25%
97Millikin UniversityIL$33,005$42,709$64,578-25%
98Pennsylvania State University (The) - Erie, The Behrend CollegePA$25,504$42,709$48,487-25%
99University of North Carolina at Wilmington (The)NC$27,194$42,617$57,372-26%
100Southwest Minnesota State UniversityMN$31,721$42,423$53,578-26%
101University of Texas at El PasoTX$38,181$42,235$67,797-26%
102State University of New York College at PotsdamNY$27,628$42,186$44,849-26%
103Bemidji State UniversityMN$28,474$40,793$54,051-29%
104Randolph CollegeVA$22,255$40,793$57,991-29%
105University of Maine - FarmingtonME$26,959$38,189$51,424-33%
106Converse UniversitySC$27,429$37,592-34%
107SUNY Buffalo State UniversityNY$22,038$32,272-44%
108Butler UniversityIN$47,119
109Minnesota State University, MankatoMN$42,273
110Liberty UniversityVA$41,964
111Northwest Missouri State UniversityMO$40,642
112Adams State UniversityCO$38,509
113Southern Oregon UniversityOR$31,905

Associate

national median $49,979 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Austin Community CollegeTX$39,871$49,979$59,7290%
2Tyler Junior CollegeTX$27,979$45,751$59,187-8%
3Normandale Community CollegeMN$36,215$39,163-22%
4Kingsborough Community College/CUNYNY$25,331$38,279$65,986-23%
5Sinclair Community CollegeOH$28,338$36,019-28%
6El Paso Community CollegeTX$28,319$34,840-30%
7Tompkins Cortland Community CollegeNY$40,342
8Stark State CollegeOH$33,666
9Del Mar CollegeTX$30,437

Certificate (1-2 years)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1University of CincinnatiOH$36,851$43,293$66,779
2Northern Virginia Community CollegeVA$77,273
3State University of New York at BuffaloNY$41,424

Certificate (under 1 year)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1University of GeorgiaGA$50,539
2Weber State UniversityUT$42,596
3University of CincinnatiOH$28,276