2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Directing & Theatrical Production is the 770th most popular major in the country with 256 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 12 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in directing and theatrical production. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent directing and theatrical production programs, but they also 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 directing and theatrical production program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$7,467 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s directing and theatrical production degrees to qualified students.

UW Seattle not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UW Seattle is $7,467 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Directing and Theatrical Production students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Directing & Theatrical Production at UW Seattle

#2

Vanguard University of Southern California

Costa Mesa, California

#2 in overall quality

$14,123 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanguard University of Southern California landed the #2 spot on the list. Vanguard University of Southern California is a small school located in Costa Mesa, California that handed out 3 bachelors’s directing and theatrical production degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanguard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $14,123 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Directing and Theatrical Production students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Vanguard.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Vanguard University of Southern California Directing & Theatrical Production Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production (Income $30-$48k)

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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