by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Arizona” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 17,341 people earned their degree in drama and theater arts, making the major the 59th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, drama and theater arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $23,190 and had an average of $23,522 in loans still to pay off.
Across Arizona, there were 200 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,308 and $22,060 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 139 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,087 and $27,181 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Arizona” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in drama and theater arts. That schools that top this list have a program in drama and theater arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Arizona” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Arizona”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Arizona list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 45 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Arizona list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 61 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Arizona. NAU is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 22 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this large private for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Grand Canyon University
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