2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Colorado
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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 Colorado, there were 284 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,850 and $23,870 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 222 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,261 and $25,672 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 a Bachelor’s in Colorado
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado.
Top 10 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Colorado
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Colorado. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado. University of Northern Colorado is located in Greeley, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 78 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.
University of Northern Colorado also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for University of Northern Colorado is $15,714 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Theater students.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #2 spot on the list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our colorado bachelor’s degree theater students list, Colorado State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. It costs about $18,668 for colorado bachelor’s degree theater students per year to attend Colorado State.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. CU Anschutz is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 43 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at CU Anschutz, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is $15,358 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Theater students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fort Lewis College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado. This small school is located in Durango, Colorado, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at FLC, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The yearly cost to attend FLC is $16,274 for colorado bachelor’s degree theater students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado list. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school awarded 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2019-2020.
CU - Boulder also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $21,680 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Theater students per year to attend CU - Boulder.
The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado ranking. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
MSU Denver also took the #8 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Metropolitan State University of Denver is $14,257 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Theater students.
Colorado Mesa University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado ranking, coming in at #7. Colorado Mesa is a public institution located in Grand Junction, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Colorado Mesa also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #9. It costs about $15,569 for colorado bachelor’s degree theater students per year to attend Colorado Mesa.
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Adams State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado ranking, coming in at #8. Adams State University is a public institution located in Alamosa, Colorado. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Adams State also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #10. It costs about $14,064 for colorado bachelor’s degree theater students per year to attend Adams State.
University of Denver came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado ranking. University of Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at DU, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Denver is $32,361 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Theater students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Colorado College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado ranking. Colorado Springs, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
Colorado College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. The yearly cost to attend Colorado College is $26,753 for colorado bachelor’s degree theater students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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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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