2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Iowa

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Iowa” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Iowa, there were 157 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,125 and $25,784 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the drama and theater arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Iowa” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Iowa

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

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

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$33,993 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Iowa. Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 16 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, 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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

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