2022 Best Value Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 14 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality playwriting and screenwriting programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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 in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region playwriting and screenwriting students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$14,458 Average Net Price

$41,938 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $14,458 for Southwest Region Playwriting and Screenwriting students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Playwriting & Screenwriting at UNM

• Best Value Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $30-$48k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

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