2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Mississippi (With Aid)

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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 Mississippi, there were 53 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $24,350 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi master’s degree theater students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Mississippi (With Aid)

#1

Mississippi University for Women

Columbus, Mississippi

$7,525 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi University for Women landed the #1 spot on the list. MUW is located in Columbus, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.

MUW also took the #0 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at MUW are $7,525, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full MUW Drama & Theater Arts Report

#2

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$28,960 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #2 spot on the list. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Miss are $10,896, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at Southern Miss

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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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