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

8 Ranked Colleges
91 Degrees Awarded
$13,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor's in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Arkansas, there were 92 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $22,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 91 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,332 and $22,750 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered 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 Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Arkansas

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

A-State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Arkansas State University - Main Campus is $11,672 for arkansas bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at Arkansas State University - Main Campus

#2

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k list. UARK is a large school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas that handed out 18 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arkansas bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k list, UARK has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arkansas is $13,132 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Theater students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k list. UAFS is a medium-sized school located in Fort Smith, Arkansas that handed out 7 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

UAFS also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $8,392 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Theater students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UAFS.

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#4

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harding University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k list. Harding is located in Searcy, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.

Harding not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. The estimated yearly cost for Harding is $15,735 for arkansas bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the #5 spot on the list. UCA is a fairly large school located in Conway, Arkansas that handed out 11 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

UCA also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $14,002 for arkansas bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UCA.

Full UCA Drama & Theater Arts Report

#6

Ouachita Baptist University

Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Ouachita Baptist University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. This small school is located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arkansas bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k list, Ouachita Baptist has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ouachita Baptist University is $17,879 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Theater students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Ouachita Baptist Drama & Theater Arts Report

#6 in overall quality

University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arkansas bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k list, UA Little Rock has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UA Little Rock is $16,775 for arkansas bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

#8

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Henderson State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2019-2020.

Henderson State University also took the #8 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. It costs about $10,514 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Theater students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Henderson State University.

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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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