2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $48-$75k) in Massachusetts

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 a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” 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.

Across Massachusetts, there were 23 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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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Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $48-$75k) in Massachusetts

#1

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k. Boston University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U also made our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666.

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#2

Emerson College

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$31,754 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Emerson College landed the #2 spot on the list. Emerson College is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees to qualified students.

Emerson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emerson College are $31,754, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’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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