2022 Best Value Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 14 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great playwriting and screenwriting programs and cost less that 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 in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region playwriting and screenwriting students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$14,446 Average Net Price

$41,938 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 3 ’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,446 for Southwest Region Playwriting and Screenwriting students with aid per year to attend UNM.

Read more about Playwriting & Screenwriting at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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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%.

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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