2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the New England Region
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in the New England 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 New England region, there were 1,043 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,920 and $22,921 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 141 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in drama and theater arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great drama and theater arts programs and cost less that 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 Master’s in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree theater students.
Top 10 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. New England College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Henniker, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree theater students list, NEC has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NEC are $15,764.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emerson College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 19 degrees to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.
Emerson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emerson College are $31,754, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 3 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
UMass Amherst also took the #8 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. University of Connecticut is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 20 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree theater students list, UCONN has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, 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 Yale University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 45 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree theater students list, Yale has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale are $44,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Berklee College of Music ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Berklee College of Music is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 8 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
Berklee College of Music also took the #9 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Berklee College of Music are $44,408.
Tufts University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Medford, Massachusetts. It awarded 1 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
Tufts also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Smith College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #8. Smith College is a small school located in Northampton, Massachusetts that handed out 1 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
Smith not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Smith are $53,940, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Boston University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.
Boston U also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Brown University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 22 degrees to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brown, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363.
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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%.
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- *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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