2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Southwest Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest region, there were 1,377 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,362 and $23,453 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree theater students.
Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s theater degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. Arizona State University - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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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