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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

3 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$31,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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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 $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in playwriting and screenwriting. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent playwriting and screenwriting programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the playwriting and screenwriting program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 $48-$75k

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 $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

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 $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Evanston, Illinois, and it awarded 12 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Playwriting & Screenwriting at Northwestern University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at OHIO Athens are $17,712, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. DePaul University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 15 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul also made our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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%.

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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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