2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” 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 Southeast region, there were 80 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in playwriting and screenwriting. 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting in the Southeast Region

#1

Hollins University

Roanoke, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$18,005 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hollins University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Roanoke, Virginia 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 14 students in 2019-2020.

Hollins not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Hollins University are $18,005.

Read full report on Playwriting & Screenwriting at Hollins University

#2

Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$38,975 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Savannah, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s playwriting and screenwriting students in 2019-2020.

SCAD also took the #1 spot in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SCAD are $38,975, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Savannah College of Art and Design Playwriting & Screenwriting Report

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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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