2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in playwriting and screenwriting. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great playwriting and screenwriting programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the playwriting and screenwriting program at the school. 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 $75-$110k

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 $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k list. Northwestern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 12 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

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

Read more about Playwriting & Screenwriting at Northwestern

#2

Ohio University - Athens Campus

Athens, Ohio

$17,712 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. OHIO Athens is a large public school situated in Athens, Ohio. It awarded 3 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio University - Athens Campus are $17,712, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Playwriting & Screenwriting at OHIO Athens

#3

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #3 spot on the list. DePaul University is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 15 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760.

Full DePaul University Playwriting & Screenwriting Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $75-$110k)

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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