2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Florida

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in Florida” ranking.

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 Florida, there were 764 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,367 and $23,232 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 70 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,006 and $20,456 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in Florida” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in Florida

The colleges and universities below are the best for florida associate degree theater students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Florida

#1

Valencia College

Orlando, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$5,205 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Valencia College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Orlando, Florida, this large public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified associates’s theater students in 2019-2020.

Valencia College also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Valencia College is $5,205 for florida associate degree theater students.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at Valencia College

#2

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$27,524 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Full Sail University landed the #2 spot on the list. Full Sail University is a large school located in Winter Park, Florida that handed out 9 associates’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Full Sail University also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Full Sail University is $27,524 for florida associate degree theater students.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at Full Sail University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts

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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