2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting in the Southwest Region
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Playwriting and Screenwriting Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Playwriting & Screenwriting is the 521st most popular major in the country with 814 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 17 playwriting & screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 playwriting & screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Playwriting and Screenwriting Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in playwriting & screenwriting. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in playwriting & screenwriting.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Playwriting and Screenwriting Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree playwriting and screenwriting students.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Playwriting & Screenwriting in the Southwest Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Playwriting and Screenwriting Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 masters’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Playwriting & Screenwriting at University of New Mexico - Main Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Playwriting and Screenwriting Major in the Southwest Region list. Houston Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Playwriting & Screenwriting at HBU
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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