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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Plains States Region” 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 Plains States region, there were 1 drama and dance education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 drama and dance education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the drama and dance education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree drama education students.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Dance Education in the Plains States Region

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$29,432 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drake University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s drama education degrees in 2019-2020.

Drake also took the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Drake is $29,432 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Drama Education students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Drama & Dance Education at Drake 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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aparajita Datta.

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