by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Musical Theatre Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 995 people earned their degree in musical theater, making the major the 426th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 84 musical theater graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 73 musical theater graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Musical Theatre Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in musical theater. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular musical theater programs in the United States.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Musical Theatre Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Musical Theatre Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s musical theatre degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Musical Theatre Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. UCO is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 13 bachelors’s musical theatre degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Musical Theatre Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s musical theatre students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Musical Theater at University of Arizona
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Musical Theatre Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. TCU is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 10 bachelors’s musical theatre degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Musical Theatre Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Canyon, Texas, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s musical theatre degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Musical Theater at West Texas A&M University
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Musical Theatre Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 7 bachelors’s musical theatre degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Sam Houston State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Musical Theatre Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Sam Houston State University is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Musical Theater at Sam Houston State University
Wayland Baptist University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Musical Theatre Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Wayland Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Plainview, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Musical Theater at Wayland Baptist University
East Texas Baptist University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Well Attended Musical Theatre Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. East Texas Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Marshall, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s musical theatre degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #9, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Musical Theatre Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. OSU is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 0 bachelors’s musical theatre degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Musical Theater Report
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