2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting in Illinois (With Aid)

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 Illinois For Those Getting Aid” 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 Illinois, there were 34 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. Northwestern University is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 12 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Playwriting & Screenwriting at Northwestern

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 15 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul also took the #2 spot in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Playwriting & Screenwriting at DePaul

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

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