2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Musical Theater in Massachusetts

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 Musical Theatre Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” 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 Massachusetts, there were 68 musical theater graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 musical theater graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The musical theatre school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Musical Theatre Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts”.

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Best Value Musical Theatre Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Musical Theater in Massachusetts

#1

Berklee College of Music

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$44,408 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Musical Theatre Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Berklee College of Music landed the #1 spot on the list. Berklee College of Music is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 8 masters’s musical theatre degrees in 2019-2020.

Berklee College of Music did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Musical Theater Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Berklee College of Music are $44,408, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Musical Theater at Berklee College of Music

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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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