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Overview for Playwriting and Screenwriting

A program that focuses on the principles and techniques for communicating dramatic information, ideas, moods, and feelings through the composition of creative written works for the theatre and/or film. Includes instruction in creative writing craft, scene writing, script development, stage and/or camera instructions, line and moment analysis, script reading, script editing, and the creation of full productions

Careers for Playwriting and Screenwriting Majors

A major in Playwriting and Screenwriting is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.

Colleges Offering a Major in Playwriting and Screenwriting

Top 9 U.S. Colleges with the highest percentage of Playwriting and Screenwriting among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
The University of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA
 18
(4.0%)
Highly Selective$30,600 
SUNY at Purchase College
Purchase, NY
 14
(1.9%)
Most Selective$12,061 
Chapman University
Orange, CA
 15
(1.6%)
Moderately Selective$34,700 
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Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
 16
(1.1%)
Moderately Selective$33,901 
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
 24
(0.5%)
Most Selective$37,693 
Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, MN
 3
(0.2%)
 $10,633 
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
 5
(0.2%)
Moderately Selective$30,440 
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Ohio University-Main Campus
Athens, OH
 2
(0.0%)
Less Selective$17,871 
DePaul University
Chicago, IL
 1
(0.0%)
Open Admissions$25,490 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.