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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Dance Education in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$21,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Drama & Dance Education is the 777th most popular major in the country with 263 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in drama and dance education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality drama and dance education programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Dance Education in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s drama education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree drama education students list, UCO has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UCO is $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Drama Education students.

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

#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the #2 spot on the list. 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 yearly cost to attend Grand Canyon University is $21,020 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Drama Education students.

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, East Texas Baptist University landed the #3 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 made our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $22,515 for southwest region bachelor’s degree drama education students per year to attend East Texas Baptist University.

Read more about Drama & Dance Education at East Texas Baptist University

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lubbock Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. LCU is a small school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s drama education degrees in 2019-2020.

LCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend LCU is $24,128 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Drama Education students.

Read full report on Drama & Dance Education at LCU

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hardin - Simmons University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Abilene, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s drama education students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree drama education students list, Hardin - Simmons has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,509 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Drama Education students per year to attend Hardin - Simmons University.

Full Hardin - Simmons University Drama & Dance Education Report

#6

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
#4 in overall quality

Oklahoma City 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 ranking. This small school is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and it awarded 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 OCU is $22,306 for southwest region bachelor’s degree drama education students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Drama & Dance Education at Oklahoma City University

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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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