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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in New Mexico 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 New Mexico, there were 43 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,100 and $22,239 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the drama and theater arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k.

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

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

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