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2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
61 Degrees Awarded
$23,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor's in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Rhode Island, there were 87 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,800 and $23,815 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 61 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in drama and theater arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great drama and theater arts programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island bachelor’s degree theater students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Rhode Island (With Aid)

#1

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhode Island College landed the #1 spot on the list. RIC is a public institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

RIC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rhode Island College is $10,922 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree Theater students with aid.

Full Rhode Island College Drama & Theater Arts Report

#2

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid. URI is a fairly large public school situated in Kingston, Rhode Island. It awarded 16 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

URI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Rhode Island is $20,607 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree Theater students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full URI Drama & Theater Arts Report

#3

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2019-2020.

Brown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. It costs about $29,392 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree Theater students with aid per year to attend Brown.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at Brown

#4

Salve Regina University

Newport, Rhode Island
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Salve Regina University landed the #4 spot on the list. Salve Regina University is located in Newport, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.

Salve Regina also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Salve Regina is $34,644 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree Theater students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Salve Regina University Drama & Theater Arts Report

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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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