2022 Best Value Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,260 people earned their degree in other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft, making the major the 534th most popular in the United States.

Across Iowa, there were 12 other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,922 and $25,876 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft in Iowa

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$29,432 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drake University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa list. This small school is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft degrees in 2019-2020.

Drake not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. It costs about $29,432 for Iowa Bachelor’s Degree Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft students per year to attend Drake.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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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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