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

4 Ranked Colleges
61 Degrees Awarded
$22,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor's in Vermont

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Vermont, there were 63 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 61 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont” ranking looked at 4 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Vermont

#1

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Vermont is a fairly large school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 9 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

UVM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. It costs about $18,982 for vermont bachelor’s degree theater students per year to attend UVM.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Vermont University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont list. Located in Johnson, Vermont, this small public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2019-2020.

Northern Vermont University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. It costs about $15,749 for vermont bachelor’s degree theater students per year to attend Northern Vermont University.

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#3

Middlebury College

Middlebury, Vermont
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlebury College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont list. Located in Middlebury, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2019-2020.

Middlebury also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Middlebury is $25,656 for vermont bachelor’s degree theater students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at Middlebury

#4

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Bennington College landed the #4 spot on the list. Bennington College is located in Bennington, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.

Bennington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bennington College is $29,325 for vermont bachelor’s degree theater students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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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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