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

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 West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 West Virginia, there were 42 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $15,500 and $24,864 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia master’s degree theater students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Morgantown, West Virginia, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WVU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Virginia University are $26,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full West Virginia University Drama & Theater Arts Report

• 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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