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2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire

5 Ranked Colleges
53 Degrees Awarded
$25,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor's in New Hampshire

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 New Hampshire” 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 New Hampshire, there were 56 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,100 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,910 and $24,324 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire

The colleges and universities below are the best for new hampshire bachelor’s degree theater students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in New Hampshire

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2019-2020.

UNH also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is $24,067 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree theater students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Plymouth State University

Plymouth, New Hampshire

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Plymouth State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire. Plymouth State is located in Plymouth, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our new hampshire bachelor’s degree theater students list, Plymouth State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Plymouth State University is $19,316 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree theater students.

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#3

Keene State College

Keene, New Hampshire

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Keene State College landed the #3 spot on the list. Keene State College is a small school located in Keene, New Hampshire that handed out 8 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Keene State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. The estimated yearly cost for Keene State College is $19,394 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Theater students.

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#4

New England College

Henniker, New Hampshire
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New England College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire. Located in Henniker, New Hampshire, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2019-2020.

NEC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. The estimated yearly cost for NEC is $29,082 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Theater students.

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#5

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Dartmouth College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Hanover, New Hampshire, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new hampshire bachelor’s degree theater students list, Dartmouth has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Dartmouth College is $33,574 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Theater students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

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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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