2022 Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States 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 Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 256 people earned their degree in directing and theatrical production, making the major the 770th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 15 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 3 masters’s directing and theatrical production degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #1 spot in our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613.

Read full report on Directing & Theatrical Production at University of Iowa

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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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