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Major Overview for Playwriting and Screenwriting

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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

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

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Colleges Offering a Major in Playwriting and Screenwriting

Top 12 U.S. Colleges with the most degrees awarded of Playwriting and Screenwriting among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded*/
Percentage
SelectivityCost*
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
24
(0.5%)
Most Selective$47,309
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
17
(1.3%)
Moderately Selective$44,408
SUNY College at Purchase
Purchase, NY
16
(2.2%)
Most Selective$16,981
Chapman University
Orange, CA
15
(1.7%)
Highly Selective$45,588
The University of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA
10
(2.5%)
Highly Selective$38,781
Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, MN
7
(0.5%)
$6,762
Depaul University
Chicago, IL
4
(0.1%)
Minimally Selective$35,259
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
3
(0.1%)
Minimally Selective$42,400
Ohio University-Main Campus
Athens, OH
2
(0.1%)
Minimally Selective$18,204
Bennington College
Bennington, VT
1
(0.8%)
Moderately Selective$46,980
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* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.