2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 the Southwest region, there were 1,377 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,362 and $23,453 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 96 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in drama and theater arts. 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.
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 Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.
Top 11 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region
Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 15 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Austin also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. TWU is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
TWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Woman’s University are $14,962.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #3 spot on the list. UH is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
With a ranking of #6, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.
University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Located in Commerce, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Commerce not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Commerce are $14,549.
Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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With a ranking of #9, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree theater students whose families make $48-$75k list, UNM has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890.
Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #10. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Baylor University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Baylor University is a fairly large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 3 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
Baylor not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor University are $36,936, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
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- *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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