2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina

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 North Carolina” 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 North Carolina, there were 520 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,533 and $28,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in drama and theater arts. 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina master’s degree theater students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in North Carolina

#1

University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$26,064 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,281 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina School of the Arts. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina list. Winston-Salem, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNCSA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNCSA are $26,064.

Full UNCSA Drama & Theater Arts Report

#2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$27,439 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. This large school is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and it awarded 13 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are $30,248, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at UNC Chapel Hill

#3

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$21,918 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$33,993 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina list. University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a fairly large public school situated in Greensboro, North Carolina. It awarded 12 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Greensboro also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Greensboro are $21,918, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UNC Greensboro 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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