2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 21 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in directing and theatrical production. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality directing and theatrical production programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the directing and theatrical production program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree directing and theatrical production students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Anderson University South Carolina

Anderson, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$23,621 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Anderson University South Carolina. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Anderson, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s directing and theatrical production degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Anderson University South Carolina not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Anderson University South Carolina is $23,621 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Directing and Theatrical Production students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Directing & Theatrical Production at Anderson University South Carolina

#2

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$35,878 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Belmont University landed the #2 spot on the list. Belmont University is a medium-sized school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 1 bachelors’s directing and theatrical production degrees in 2019-2020.

Belmont did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Belmont University is $35,878 for southeast region bachelor’s degree directing and theatrical production students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Lipscomb University

Nashville, Tennessee

#3 in overall quality

$25,940 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lipscomb University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Lipscomb University is a small school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 2 bachelors’s directing and theatrical production degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree directing and theatrical production students whose families make $75-$110k list, Lipscomb has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lipscomb is $25,940 for southeast region bachelor’s degree directing and theatrical production students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Directing & Theatrical Production at Lipscomb University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production (Income $75-$110k)

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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