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2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
51 Degrees Awarded
$46,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Theater Schools for a Master's in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Massachusetts, there were 555 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,700 and $23,300 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in drama and theater arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great drama and theater arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the drama and theater arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Massachusetts

#1

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k. Tufts University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Medford, Massachusetts. It awarded 1 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Tufts did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168.

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#2

Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Smith College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k list. Smith is a private not-for-profit institution located in Northampton, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Smith also took the #4 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Smith College are $53,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.

Boston U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Massachusetts Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.

UMass Amherst also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Emerson College

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emerson College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Emerson also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Emerson are $31,754.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at Emerson College

#6

Berklee College of Music

Boston, Massachusetts
#6 in overall quality

Berklee College of Music ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our massachusetts master’s degree theater students whose families make $0-$30k list, Berklee College of Music has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Berklee College of Music are $44,408, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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