2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Playwriting & Screenwriting is the 518th most popular major in the country with 746 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 60 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in playwriting and screenwriting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality playwriting and screenwriting programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the playwriting and screenwriting program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Northwestern University is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees to qualified students.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Playwriting & Screenwriting at Northwestern University

#2

Ohio University - Athens Campus

Athens, Ohio

$17,712 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Athens, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens also took the #0 spot in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio University - Athens Campus are $17,712, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full OHIO Athens Playwriting & Screenwriting Report

#3

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. DePaul University is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DePaul, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760.

Read more about Playwriting & Screenwriting at DePaul University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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