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

5 Ranked Colleges
75 Degrees Awarded
$34,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

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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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 75 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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 Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Hunter College

New York, New York
$20,828 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hunter College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in New York, New York, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s playwriting and screenwriting students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students with aid list, Hunter has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Hunter College are $20,828.

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#2

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality
$17,748 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Point Park University is a small school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 12 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

Point Park also took the #4 spot in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Point Park are $17,748, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality
$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 6 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326.

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#4

New York University

New York, New York
#2 in overall quality
$36,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 53 degrees to qualified masters’s playwriting and screenwriting students in 2019-2020.

NYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New York University are $36,892.

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#5

The New School

New York, New York
#3 in overall quality
$47,642 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The New School. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. New York, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

New School University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New School University are $47,642, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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%.

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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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