2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Montana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 18,124 people earned their degree in drama and theater arts, making the major the 59th most popular in the United States. 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 Montana, there were 25 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $18,400 and $24,188 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,863 and $41,012 respectively.

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.

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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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 Montana For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Montana

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$23,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k list. The University of Montana is a medium-sized school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 1 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

UM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at UM

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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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