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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

3 Ranked Colleges
9 Degrees Awarded
$29,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 60 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 3 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting students in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens also took the #3 spot in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for OHIO Athens is $25,039 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Playwriting and Screenwriting students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#2

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia also took the #2 spot in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $33,864 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Columbia.

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#3

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #3 spot on the list. DePaul University is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees to qualified students.

DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for DePaul University is $30,877 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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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