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2022 Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
18 Degrees Awarded
$36,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Across the New England region, there were 27 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the directing and theatrical production program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s directing and theatrical production degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Boston U is $30,259 for new england region bachelor’s degree directing and theatrical production students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Keene State College

Keene, New Hampshire
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Keene State College landed the #2 spot on the list. Keene State College is a small public school situated in Keene, New Hampshire. It awarded 3 bachelors’s directing and theatrical production degrees in 2019-2020.

Keene State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $19,394 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Directing and Theatrical Production students with aid per year to attend Keene State College.

Read more about Directing & Theatrical Production at Keene State College

#3

Emerson College

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Emerson College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s directing and theatrical production students in 2019-2020.

Emerson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Emerson College is $45,365 for new england region bachelor’s degree directing and theatrical production students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

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#4

Berklee College of Music

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Berklee College of Music landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s directing and theatrical production students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree directing and theatrical production students with aid list, Berklee College of Music has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $49,514 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Directing and Theatrical Production students with aid per year to attend Berklee College of Music.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Directing & Theatrical Production at Berklee College of Music

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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%.

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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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