2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Washington

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Washington” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Washington, there were 235 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,733 and $24,191 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the drama and theater arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Washington” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Washington.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Washington

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Washington list. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294.

Full UW Seattle 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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