2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Ohio

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Theater Schools for an Associate in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Drama & Theater Arts is the 59th most popular major in the country with 18,124 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, drama and theater arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $21,403 and had an average of $26,932 in loans still to pay off.

Across Ohio, there were 575 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,310 and $24,287 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,171 and $20,046 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in drama and theater arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent drama and theater arts programs, but they also cost less that 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 drama and theater arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Ohio

#1

Sinclair Community College

Dayton, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$2,567 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sinclair Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k list. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large school located in Dayton, Ohio that handed out 9 associates’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sinclair Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Sinclair Community College is $2,567 for Ohio Associate Degree Theater students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Owens Community College

Perrysburg, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$6,889 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Owens Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in Ohio For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Perrysburg, Ohio, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s theater students in 2019-2020.

Owens State Community College also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in Ohio” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Owens Community College is $6,889 for Ohio Associate Degree Theater students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Owens Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k)

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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