2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes region, there were 60 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in playwriting and screenwriting. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent playwriting and screenwriting programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Northwestern University is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 12 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567.

Read more about Playwriting & Screenwriting at Northwestern University

#2

Ohio University - Athens Campus

Athens, Ohio

$17,712 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. OHIO Athens is a large public school situated in Athens, Ohio. It awarded 3 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens also took the #0 spot in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio University - Athens Campus are $17,712, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Ohio University - Athens Campus Playwriting & Screenwriting Report

#3

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #3 spot on the list. DePaul University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 15 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Playwriting & Screenwriting at DePaul University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting (With Aid)

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

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