2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for an Associate

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 an Associate” 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.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree playwriting and screenwriting students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting

#1

Minneapolis Community and Technical College

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$12,376 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Minneapolis Community and Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a medium-sized school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 4 associates’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

Minneapolis Community and Technical College also made our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $12,376 for associate degree playwriting and screenwriting students per year to attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College.

Read more about Playwriting & Screenwriting at Minneapolis Community and Technical College

#2

New York Film Academy

Burbank, California

#2 in overall quality

$45,280 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York Film Academy. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for an Associate. New York Film Academy is a small school located in Burbank, California that handed out 2 associates’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

New York Film Academy did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for New York Film Academy is $45,280 for associate degree playwriting and screenwriting students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Playwriting & Screenwriting at New York Film Academy

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

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