by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Playwriting and Screenwriting Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 683 people earned their degree in playwriting and screenwriting, making the major the 521st most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 55 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Playwriting and Screenwriting Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in playwriting and screenwriting. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in playwriting and screenwriting.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Playwriting and Screenwriting Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Playwriting and Screenwriting Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 24 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Playwriting and Screenwriting Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Playwriting & Screenwriting at Northwestern University
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Playwriting and Screenwriting Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a large school located in Athens, Ohio that handed out 2 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2020-2021.
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