2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Master’s in Pennsylvania” 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.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 40 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting in Pennsylvania

#1

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$17,748 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Point Park University landed the #1 spot on the list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Point Park also made our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Point Park are $17,748, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Playwriting & Screenwriting at Point Park

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

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