2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Kentucky

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Kentucky, there were 174 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,250 and $24,382 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality drama and theater arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Kentucky

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #1 spot on the list. UofL is a large public school situated in Louisville, Kentucky. It awarded 4 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisville are $27,575, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at UofL

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $48-$75k)

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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