2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” 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 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 Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 9 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.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree theater students.
Top 9 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Scottsdale Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Scottsdale Community College is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Scottsdale Community College also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Scottsdale Community College is $10,397 for southwest region associate degree theater students.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mesa Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Mesa Community College is located in Mesa, Arizona and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s theater degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mesa Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mesa Community College is $9,669 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Theater students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Estrella Mountain Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Estrella Mountain Community College is a public institution located in Avondale, Arizona. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Estrella Mountain Community College also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Estrella Mountain Community College is $9,200 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Theater students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Phoenix College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Phoenix College is a medium-sized school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 8 associates’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
Phoenix College also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $8,744 for southwest region associate degree theater students per year to attend Phoenix College.
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. CNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 5 associates’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
CNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $3,429 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Theater students per year to attend Central New Mexico Community College.
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With a ranking of #6, Austin Community College District did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s theater degrees to 3 students 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.
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San Antonio College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. San Antonio College is a fairly large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 1 associates’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree theater students list, San Antonio College has also earned the #7 rank 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.
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KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. KD Conservatory is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 associates’s theater degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at KD Conservatory, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,528 for southwest region associate degree theater students per year to attend KD Conservatory.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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South Plains College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Levelland, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s theater students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree theater students list, South Plains College has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Plains College is $7,600 for southwest region associate degree theater students.
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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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