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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

2 Ranked Colleges
41 Degrees Awarded
$25,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 80 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 41 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in playwriting and screenwriting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality playwriting and screenwriting programs that also have a lower cost than 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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The playwriting and screenwriting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Emory is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees to qualified students.

Emory also took the #1 spot in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $9,629 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Playwriting and Screenwriting students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Emory University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Savannah College of Art and Design. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This fairly large school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

SCAD also made our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Savannah College of Art and Design is $41,628 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Playwriting and Screenwriting students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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