2023 Best Directing & Theatrical Production Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 219 people earned their degree in directing and theatrical production, making the major the 810th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 17 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 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 as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, 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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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying directing and theatrical production.

Top 3 Best Directing & Theatrical Production Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1

Webster University
Saint Louis, Missouri

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Bachelor’s. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s directing and theatrical production students in 2020-2021.

Webster did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, Webster University supports 8,197 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 3 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,175. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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

[Read full report on veteran student life at Webster University]](/colleges/webster-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln, Nebraska

50 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$15,105 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nebraska Wesleyan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Bachelor’s list. Nebraska Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 1 bachelors’s directing and theatrical production degrees in 2020-2021.

NWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Among the 1,924 students enrolled at NWU, 50 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 36 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,105. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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

[Read full report on veteran student life at Nebraska Wesleyan University]](/colleges/nebraska-wesleyan-university/student-life/veterans/)

3

Missouri Southern State University
Joplin, Missouri

210 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri Southern State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Directing and Theatrical Production for a Bachelor’s. Missouri Southern is a small school located in Joplin, Missouri that handed out 1 bachelors’s directing and theatrical production degrees in 2020-2021.

Missouri Southern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 210 of the 5,045 students enrolled at Missouri Southern were GI Bill® students, of which 98 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,255. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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