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2022 Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$18,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 263 people earned their degree in drama and dance education, making the major the 777th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 31 drama and dance education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 drama and dance education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in drama and dance education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent drama and dance education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the drama and dance education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Dance Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Edmond, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s drama education degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UCO also made our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $13,381 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Drama Education students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UCO.

Read more about Drama & Dance Education at University of Central Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hardin - Simmons University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Abilene, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s drama education degrees in 2019-2020.

Hardin - Simmons also made our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Hardin - Simmons is $16,811 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Drama Education students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Drama & Dance Education at Hardin - Simmons

#3

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma City University landed the #3 spot on the list. Oklahoma City University is a small school located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that handed out 10 bachelors’s drama education degrees in 2019-2020.

OCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma City University is $19,034 for southwest region bachelor’s degree drama education students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Oklahoma City University Drama & Dance Education Report

#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grand Canyon University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Grand Canyon University is $18,704 for southwest region bachelor’s degree drama education students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Drama & Dance Education at Grand Canyon University

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Texas Baptist University landed the #5 spot on the list. East Texas Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Marshall, Texas. It awarded 1 bachelors’s drama education degrees in 2019-2020.

East Texas Baptist University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,497 for southwest region bachelor’s degree drama education students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend East Texas Baptist University.

Full East Texas Baptist University Drama & Dance Education Report

#6 in overall quality

Lubbock Christian University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. This small school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s drama education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LCU, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $23,569 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Drama Education students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend LCU.

Full Lubbock Christian University Drama & Dance Education Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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