2025 Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Schools in New York
4Colleges in New York
185Playwriting and Screenwriting Degrees Awarded
Playwriting & Screenwriting is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #521 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for playwriting & screenwriting students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 185 degrees in playwriting & screenwriting to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Playwriting & Screenwriting School
Your choice of playwriting & screenwriting school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Playwriting & Screenwriting School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Playwriting & Screenwriting Rankings by Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Playwriting & Screenwriting Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Playwriting & Screenwriting in New York
The schools below may not offer all types of playwriting and screenwriting degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top New York Schools in Playwriting and Screenwriting
New York University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in playwriting & screenwriting. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 109 playwriting & screenwriting students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Purchase College if you want to pursue a degree in playwriting & screenwriting. Located in the large suburb of Purchase, Purchase College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 53rd out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 45 playwriting & screenwriting students who graduated with this degree at Purchase College in the most recent year we have data available.
Marymount Manhattan College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in playwriting & screenwriting. Located in the city of New York, MMC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 35th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 10 playwriting & screenwriting students who graduated with this degree at MMC in the most recent data year.
Hunter College is a good option for students interested in a degree in playwriting & screenwriting. Hunter is a very large public college located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #296 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Hunter is a great college overall.
There were about 4 playwriting & screenwriting students who graduated with this degree at Hunter in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of playwriting & screenwriting school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Playwriting & Screenwriting School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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