2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $0-$30k)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 746 people earned their degree in playwriting and screenwriting, making the major the 518th most popular in the United States.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree playwriting and screenwriting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Minneapolis Community and Technical College

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,411 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 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 $11,411 for Associate Degree Playwriting and Screenwriting students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College.

Read full report on Playwriting & Screenwriting at Minneapolis Community and Technical College

#2

New York Film Academy

Burbank, California

#2 in overall quality

$40,748 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, New York Film Academy landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Burbank, California, and it awarded 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. It costs about $40,748 for associate degree playwriting and screenwriting students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend New York Film Academy.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.

Read full report on 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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