2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Across New York, there were 176 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 115 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the playwriting and screenwriting program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $48-$75k) in New York

#1

Purchase College

Purchase, New York

#2 in overall quality

$18,710 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purchase College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Purchase, New York, this small public school awarded 46 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purchase College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Purchase College is $18,710 for new york bachelor’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#2

New York University

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$32,733 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 61 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting students in 2019-2020.

NYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $32,733 for new york bachelor’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend NYU.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Marymount Manhattan College

New York, New York

#3 in overall quality

$36,254 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Marymount Manhattan College landed the #3 spot on the list. Marymount Manhattan College is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 8 bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

MMC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $36,254 for new york bachelor’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend MMC.

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 MMC

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $48-$75k)

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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