2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting in the Middle Atlantic Region
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Playwriting & Screenwriting is the 518th most popular major in the country with 746 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 216 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 137 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 6 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.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.
Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purchase College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Purchase College is located in Purchase, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 46 bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees to qualified students.
Purchase College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Purchase College is $18,326 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Playwriting and Screenwriting students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Point Park University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Point Park is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees to qualified students.
Point Park did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Point Park University is $21,470 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marymount Manhattan College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Marymount Manhattan College is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 8 bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.
MMC also made our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Marymount Manhattan College is $37,768 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of the Arts landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting students in 2019-2020.
UArts also made our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend The University of the Arts is $40,332 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Playwriting and Screenwriting students.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting students in 2019-2020.
Drexel did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $34,914 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Playwriting and Screenwriting students per year to attend Drexel.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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New York University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. NYU is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 61 bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NYU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NYU is $39,772 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students.
The low student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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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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