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2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
167 Degrees Awarded
$16,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor's in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Oregon, there were 197 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,900 and $22,062 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 167 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 Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Oregon

#1

Southern Oregon University

Ashland, Oregon

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Oregon University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ashland, Oregon, this medium-sized public school awarded 61 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2019-2020.

Southern Oregon University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $9,270 for oregon bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Southern Oregon University.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Southern Oregon University

#2

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our oregon bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k list, Portland State University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $11,440 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Theater students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Portland State University.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Portland State University

#3

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oregon. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k. UO is located in Eugene, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.

UO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The estimated yearly cost for UO is $13,108 for oregon bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at University of Oregon

#4

Reed College

Portland, Oregon
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Reed College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k. Reed College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Reed also took the #4 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Reed College is $13,123 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Theater students whose families make $30-$48k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Reed Drama & Theater Arts Report

#5

Western Oregon University

Monmouth, Oregon
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Oregon University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k list. Western Oregon State College is a small public school situated in Monmouth, Oregon. It awarded 23 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Western Oregon State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $16,858 for oregon bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Western Oregon University.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Western Oregon State College

#6

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, Oregon
#1 in overall quality

Lewis & Clark College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. Lewis & Clark College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lewis and Clark College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lewis and Clark College is $25,048 for oregon bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at Lewis & Clark College

#7

George Fox University

Newberg, Oregon
#2 in overall quality

George Fox University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #7. Newberg, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

GFU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The estimated yearly cost for George Fox University is $23,656 for oregon bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at GFU

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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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