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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Playwriting & Screenwriting is the 518th most popular major in the country with 746 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 40 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

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

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

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

#1

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s playwriting and screenwriting students in 2019-2020.

Point Park did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Point Park are $17,748.

Full Point Park University Playwriting & Screenwriting Report

#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Playwriting and Screenwriting Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 6 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326.

Read more about Playwriting & Screenwriting at Carnegie Mellon University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting in the Middle Atlantic 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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