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2022 Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

9 Ranked Colleges
102 Degrees Awarded
$26,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Master's For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 102 drama and dance education graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in drama and dance education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great drama and dance education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the drama and dance education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Dance Education (With Aid)

#1

Hunter College

New York, New York
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Hunter College landed the #1 spot on the list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s drama education degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Hunter not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Drama & Dance Education Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hunter College are $20,828, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Drama & Dance Education at Hunter College

#2

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a fairly large public school situated in Greensboro, North Carolina. It awarded 2 masters’s drama education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree drama education students with aid list, UNC Greensboro has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Drama & Dance Education Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Greensboro are $21,918, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of North Carolina at Greensboro Drama & Dance Education Report

#3

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #3 spot on the list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a large school located in New Brunswick, New Jersey that handed out 4 masters’s drama education degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Drama & Dance Education Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - New Brunswick are $32,132, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Drama & Dance Education at Rutgers New Brunswick

#4

Columbus State University

Columbus, Georgia
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbus State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Columbus, Georgia, this medium-sized public school awarded 23 degrees to qualified masters’s drama education students in 2019-2020.

CSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Drama & Dance Education Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbus State University are $13,264, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Drama & Dance Education at CSU

#5

Salem State University

Salem, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Salem State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. Located in Salem, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s drama education students in 2019-2020.

Salem State also made our “Best Drama & Dance Education Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Salem State University are $10,477, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Salem State University Drama & Dance Education Report

#9 in overall quality

University of Northern Colorado ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Greeley, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s drama education degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado also made our “Best Drama & Dance Education Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #9. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Drama & Dance Education at University of Northern Colorado

#7

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Boston University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s drama education degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Boston U also made our “Best Drama & Dance Education Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666.

Read more about Drama & Dance Education at Boston University

#8

Winthrop University

Rock Hill, South Carolina
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Winthrop University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Rock Hill, South Carolina, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s drama education students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Winthrop, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Drama & Dance Education Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Winthrop are $30,036.

Full Winthrop Drama & Dance Education Report

#9

Emerson College

Boston, Massachusetts
#7 in overall quality

Emerson College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #9. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 33 masters’s drama education degrees in 2019-2020.

Emerson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Drama & Dance Education Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emerson are $31,754, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Drama & Dance Education at Emerson College

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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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