2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Georgia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Georgia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 18,124 people earned their degree in drama and theater arts, making the major the 59th most popular in the United States. 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 Georgia, there were 475 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,517 and $31,005 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 47 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,988 and $43,995 respectively.

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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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 Master’s in Georgia” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Georgia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Georgia.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Georgia

#1

Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$38,975 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$29,685 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #1 spot on the list. SCAD is a private not-for-profit institution located in Savannah, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 44 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SCAD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Savannah College of Art and Design are $38,975, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at Savannah College of Art and Design

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

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