2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Musical Theater in Missouri

Students 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 “Best Value Musical Theatre Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 935 people earned their degree in musical theater, making the major the 489th most popular in the United States.

Across Missouri, there were 27 musical theater graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 musical theater graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,837 and $25,380 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Musical Theatre Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in musical theater. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality musical theater 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 musical theater 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 Musical Theatre Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Musical Theatre Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Musical Theater in Missouri

#1

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

#4 in overall quality

$13,677 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Missouri. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Musical Theatre Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri list. Warrensburg, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s musical theatre degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UCM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Musical Theater Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. It costs about $13,677 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Musical Theatre students per year to attend UCM.

Read more about Musical Theater at University of Central Missouri

#2

Evangel University

Springfield, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$22,837 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Evangel University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Musical Theatre Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri. This small school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s musical theatre degrees in 2019-2020.

Evangel did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Musical Theater Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. It costs about $22,837 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Musical Theatre students per year to attend Evangel University.

The low student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.

Full Evangel University Musical Theater Report

#3

Stephens College

Columbia, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$22,337 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephens College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Musical Theatre Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri. This small school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s musical theatre degrees in 2019-2020.

Stephens also made our “Best Musical Theater Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Stephens is $22,337 for missouri bachelor’s degree musical theatre students.

Full Stephens Musical Theater Report

#4

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$22,768 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Musical Theatre Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri. Webster is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 11 bachelors’s musical theatre degrees in 2019-2020.

Webster also made our “Best Musical Theater Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Webster University is $22,768 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Musical Theatre students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Webster University Musical Theater Report

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

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