2023 Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Playwriting and Screenwriting for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 683 people earned their degree in playwriting and screenwriting, making the major the 521st most popular in the United States.
Across New York, there were 159 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 94 playwriting and screenwriting graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,555 and $23,635 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Playwriting and Screenwriting for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in playwriting and screenwriting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality playwriting and screenwriting programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the playwriting and screenwriting program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The playwriting and screenwriting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Playwriting and Screenwriting for a Bachelor’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Playwriting and Screenwriting for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new york bachelor’s degree vets studying playwriting and screenwriting.
Top 2 Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Playwriting and Screenwriting for a Bachelor’s list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 49 degrees to qualified bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NYU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 52,775 students enrolled at New York University were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,388. To help with additional expenses, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Playwriting and Screenwriting for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Purchase College landed the #2 spot on the list. Purchase College is a small school located in Purchase, New York that handed out 38 bachelors’s playwriting and screenwriting degrees in 2020-2021.
Purchase College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list.Among the 3,685 students enrolled at Purchase College, 33 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 17 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,490. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Purchase College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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