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Playwriting & Screenwriting at New York University

Playwriting & Screenwriting at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and approximately 52,775 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.

NYU Playwriting & Screenwriting Degrees Available

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

NYU Playwriting & Screenwriting Rankings

The playwriting and screenwriting major at NYU 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 NYU

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

NYU Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Program

62% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of playwriting and screenwriting bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women.

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About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in playwriting and screenwriting at NYU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 New York University with a bachelor's in playwriting and screenwriting.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 37
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

NYU Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Program

49% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 51% of playwriting and screenwriting master's degrees went to men and 49% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 24
International Students 14
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 11,530 $99,870
Writers and Authors 7,410 $86,380

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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