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2022 Best Vallue Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

5 Ranked Colleges
181 Degrees Awarded
$14,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

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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.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in drama and theater arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality drama and theater arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

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

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central New Mexico Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s theater degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CNM, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $3,429 for southwest region associate degree theater students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Central New Mexico Community College.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Central New Mexico Community College

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 3 associates’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District also took the #4 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $6,861 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Theater students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Austin Community College District Drama & Theater Arts Report

#3

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Antonio College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. San Antonio College is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s theater degrees to qualified students.

San Antonio College also took the #7 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for San Antonio College is $5,882 for southwest region associate degree theater students whose families make more than $110k.

Full San Antonio College Drama & Theater Arts Report

#4

South Plains College

Levelland, Texas
#9 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Plains College landed the #4 spot on the 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend South Plains College is $7,600 for southwest region associate degree theater students whose families make more than $110k.

Full South Plains College Drama & Theater Arts Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts landed the #5 spot on the list. KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 37 associates’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

KD Conservatory did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $21,528 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Theater students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts

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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%.

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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