2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Oregon

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Theater Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Oregon, there were 197 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,900 and $22,062 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in drama and theater arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality drama and theater arts 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 drama and theater arts 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 theater 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 Theater Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon master’s degree theater students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Oregon

#1

Southern Oregon University

Ashland, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$23,445 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Oregon University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k. Southern Oregon University is a medium-sized school located in Ashland, Oregon that handed out 13 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Oregon University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Oregon University are $23,445, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at Southern Oregon University

#2

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

$29,991 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oregon. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k list. UO is a public institution located in Eugene, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UO are $29,991, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Oregon Drama & Theater Arts Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s 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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