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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
137 Degrees Awarded
$32,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 216 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 137 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in playwriting and screenwriting. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great playwriting and screenwriting programs and cost less that 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.

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Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Purchase College

Purchase, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purchase College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Purchase College is a small public school situated in Purchase, New York. It awarded 46 bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

Purchase College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $18,326 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students with aid per year to attend Purchase College.

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#2

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Point Park University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Point Park University is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees to qualified students.

Point Park did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $21,470 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students with aid per year to attend Point Park.

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#3

New York University

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 61 bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students with aid list, NYU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NYU is $39,772 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Playwriting and Screenwriting students with aid.

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%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

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#4

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #4 spot on the list. Drexel is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drexel, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Drexel is $34,914 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Playwriting and Screenwriting students with aid.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#5

Marymount Manhattan College

New York, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marymount Manhattan College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in New York, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students with aid list, MMC has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $37,768 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students with aid per year to attend Marymount Manhattan College.

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.

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#6

The University of the Arts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

The University of the Arts landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UArts also took the #5 spot in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of the Arts is $40,332 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Playwriting and Screenwriting students with aid.

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.

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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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