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

7 Ranked Colleges
80 Degrees Awarded
$25,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Theater Schools for a Master's in Texas

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Texas” 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 Texas, there were 921 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,079 and $24,294 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 80 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered 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.

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 Master’s in Texas

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 15 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 25 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

UH also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree theater students list, Texas Tech has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.

Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - Commerce is located in Commerce, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M Commerce also took the #7 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Commerce are $14,549.

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#6

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Baylor University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Baylor also took the #3 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor University are $36,936.

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With a ranking of #7, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree theater students list, SMU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478.

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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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