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2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$55,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Massachusetts, there were 555 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,700 and $23,300 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Medford, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Tufts not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts University are $55,168.

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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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