2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Playwriting & Screenwriting is the 518th most popular major in the country with 746 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 38 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s playwriting and screenwriting students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students whose families make $0-$30k list, Iowa has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613.

Full Iowa Playwriting & Screenwriting Report

#2

Stephens College

Columbia, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$9,165 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephens College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Stephens College is a small school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 14 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

Stephens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stephens College are $9,165, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Playwriting & Screenwriting at Stephens

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $0-$30k)

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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