2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska

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 Bachelor’s in Alaska” 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 Alaska, there were 20 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,942 and $21,197 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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 Bachelor’s in Alaska

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$12,995 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Anchorage, Alaska, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

UAA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. The estimated yearly cost for UAA is $12,995 for Alaska Bachelor’s Degree Theater students.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at University of Alaska Anchorage

#2

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$10,333 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized public school situated in Fairbanks, Alaska. It awarded 7 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAF, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UAF is $10,333 for Alaska Bachelor’s Degree Theater students.

Full UAF 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

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