4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$46,404
Program median
Program + credential
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.: Doctoral Degree
Credential-level program pages keep field-of-study metrics separate from institution-wide outcomes.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Data status: March 23, 2026 Missing and suppressed values are not zero.
Available program metrics
5-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort five years after completion.
$44,505
Program median
Median debt Median program debt for a defined completion cohort.
$23,999
At evaluated institution
Cohort count Count context for the program outcome metrics.
10,708
Students in outcome cohort
| School | Type | Institution net price | Institution grad rate | Program data status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown University Providence, RI | Private nonprofit | $25,184 | 95.7% | Available |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | Private nonprofit | $31,944 | 94.1% | Available |
| Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA | Private nonprofit | $37,730 | 77.5% | Available |
| East Carolina University Greenville, NC | Public | $15,739 | 62.6% | Available |
| George Mason University Fairfax, VA | Public | $17,915 | 67.8% | Available |
| Iowa State University Ames, IA | Public | $18,589 | 75.3% | Available |
| Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | Public | $19,680 | 80.7% | Available |
| Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI | Public | $14,182 | 68.1% | Available |
| North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND | Public | $15,543 | 63.9% | Available |
| Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA | Public | $14,638 | 46.3% | Available |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL | Public | $13,297 | 62.4% | Available |
| Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | Private nonprofit | $38,793 | 83.6% | Available |
| Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX | Private nonprofit | $36,660 | 85.5% | Available |
| Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX | Public | $19,070 | 68.7% | Available |
| Texas Woman's University Denton, TX | Public | $11,963 | 49.1% | Available |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | Public | $19,857 | 88.9% | Available |
| The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX | Public | $9,403 | 50.2% | Available |
| University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | Public | $16,674 | 67.5% | Available |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | Public | $13,481 | 92.8% | Available |
| University of Central Florida Orlando, FL | Public | $10,411 | 78% | Available |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH | Public | $25,648 | 75% | Available |
| University of Houston Houston, TX | Public | $14,276 | 64.6% | Available |
| University of Louisville Louisville, KY | Public | $17,988 | 61.2% | Available |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | Public | $13,138 | 93.2% | Available |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | Public | $16,778 | 85.3% | Available |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV | Public | $10,359 | 50.5% | Available |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM | Public | $15,489 | 54.7% | Available |
| University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND | Public | $18,551 | 60.5% | Available |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA | Public | $30,434 | 85.5% | Available |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | Public | $16,200 | 65.1% | Available |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA | Public | $14,091 | 85.2% | Available |
| Utah State University Logan, UT | Public | $14,936 | 59.1% | Available |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA | Public | $24,953 | 86.2% | Available |
| Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI | Public | $15,273 | 57.6% | Available |