Playwriting & Screenwriting at DePaul University

If you plan to study playwriting & screenwriting, take a look at what DePaul University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 21,922 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Playwriting & Screenwriting section at the bottom of this page.

DePaul Playwriting & Screenwriting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Playwriting and Screenwriting
• Master’s Degree in Playwriting and Screenwriting

DePaul Playwriting & Screenwriting Rankings

The playwriting and screenwriting major at DePaul is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Playwriting & Screenwriting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Playwriting and Screenwriting Student Demographics at DePaul

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the playwriting and screenwriting majors at DePaul University.

DePaul Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of playwriting and screenwriting bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its playwriting and screenwriting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from DePaul University with a bachelor's in playwriting and screenwriting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

DePaul Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of playwriting and screenwriting master's degrees went to men and 52% went to women.

Of the students who received a playwriting and screenwriting master's degree from DePaul, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the playwriting and screenwriting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from DePaul University with a master's in playwriting and screenwriting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Directing & Theatrical Production
• Theatre Literature, History & Criticism
• Theater Arts
• Theater Design & Technology
• Acting

Careers That Playwriting and Screenwriting Grads May Go Into

A degree in playwriting and screenwriting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for DePaul University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,940	$68,360
Writers and Authors	1,880	$68,710

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Just under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.