2022 Best Value Colleges for Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft in Iowa (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Schools in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft is the 534th most popular major in the country with 1,260 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Iowa, there were 12 other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft programs that also have a lower cost than 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 other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Schools in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa other dramatic/theatre arts & stagecraft students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$29,432 Average Net Price

$47,824 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Schools in Iowa For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and it awarded 11 ’s other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft degrees in 2019-2020.

Drake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Schools in Iowa” list. The estimated yearly cost for Drake is $29,432 for iowa other dramatic/theatre arts & stagecraft students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft at Drake University

• Best Value Colleges for Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft (With Aid)

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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