What College Degree Program Is Required To Become A Technical Writer?
I’m currently looking for schools in the Minneapolis area that offer programs to become a Tech Writer but I am having a hard time finding this offered program.
Any Tech Writers out there or anyone who knows what college program I should take would help me out, Thanks 
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Most technical writers don’t have a degree in technical writing but instead get a degree in the field that they write about and a certificate in technical writing.
An example program would be the one at UC-Riverside (http://www.extension.ucr.edu/certificate… ) or U Washington (http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/c… ) or UC-Berkeley (http://www.unex.berkeley.edu/cert/techco… )
The degree, if you want one in the specific field is most often called Technical Communication but you will find that, at least at the undergraduate level, a degree in the specific technical field is more useful to the tech writer/editor.
Rutgers (http://skillcenter.rutgers.edu/ ) does a vocational skill certification in Technical Writing that is pretty interesting and can show you where your strengths are. Technical writing is all about our strengths since we will refer out work that is in our weak areas. Of course, the more strong areas you have, the more work you can expect to find. A large number of tech writers are self-employed/freelancers.