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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
181 Degrees Awarded
$13,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 associate degree level specifically, there were 181 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#6 in overall quality
$7,646 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Central New Mexico Community College is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 5 associates’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

CNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $7,646 for southwest region associate degree theater students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Central New Mexico Community College.

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#2

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas
#4 in overall quality
$11,596 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Austin Community College District is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 3 associates’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $11,596 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Theater students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#3

Estrella Mountain Community College

Avondale, Arizona
#3 in overall quality
$12,839 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Estrella Mountain Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Avondale, Arizona is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s theater degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Estrella Mountain Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Estrella Mountain Community College is $12,839 for southwest region associate degree theater students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#4

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas
#7 in overall quality
$10,977 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Antonio College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. San Antonio College is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend San Antonio College is $10,977 for southwest region associate degree theater students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#5

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona
#2 in overall quality
$13,789 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mesa Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Mesa Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Mesa, Arizona. It awarded 5 associates’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree theater students whose families make $75-$110k list, Mesa Community College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mesa Community College is $13,789 for southwest region associate degree theater students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#6

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas
#9 in overall quality
$11,574 Average Net Price

South Plains College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. South Plains College is a medium-sized school located in Levelland, Texas that handed out 1 associates’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

South Plains College also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #9. The estimated yearly cost for South Plains College is $11,574 for southwest region associate degree theater students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#7

KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts

Dallas, Texas
#8 in overall quality
$25,441 Average Net Price
$20,140 Average Early-Career Earnings

KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private for-profit school handed out 37 degrees to qualified associates’s theater students in 2019-2020.

KD Conservatory also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $25,441 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Theater students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend KD Conservatory.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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%.

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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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