Top Virginia Business Writing Schools : Programs, Colleges, Degrees, Courses, Classes, Certification, Training

Business Writing Schools in Virginia

Virginia contains fourteen schools that offer business writing programs. James Madison University, the highest-ranking business writing school in VA, has a total student population of 18,971 and is the 72nd highest ranked school in America.

Of the 14 business writing schools in Virginia, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Sweet Briar College comes out as the most expensive ($26,047/yr), with Dabney S Lancaster Community College as the lowest recorded at only $4,009/yr.

Business Writing students from Virginia schools who go on to become business writers, legal writing professors, copy editors, copywriters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 43,390 people working as writers and authors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $64,560. Also, Public relations specialists make on average $59,370 per year and there are about 242,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Virginia alone, there are 8,230 employed public relations specialists earning an average yearly salary of $66,740. Writers and authors in this state earn $65,650/yr and there are 1,460 employed.

Also, within the business writing schools in Virginia, the average student population is 3,287 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from business writing, there are 3782 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,568 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,181, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Business Writing Programs in Virginia

James Madison University

Technical and Business Writing

Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

George Mason University

Technical and Business Writing

Levels offered: Certificate

Northern Virginia Community College

Technical and Business Writing

Levels offered: Certificate

Lord Fairfax Community College

Technical and Business Writing

Levels offered: Certificate

Dabney S Lancaster Community College

Technical and Business Writing

Levels offered: Certificate

Virginia Interesting Facts

Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.
The major cash crop of Virginia is tobacco and many of the people who live there earn their living from the tobacco industry.
Jamestown, the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Silk to be traded with the Court of King James. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), sericulturist planted tobacco as a cash crop.
Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.
Virginia is known as "the birthplace of a nation".

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