2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Mississippi

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Mississippi” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Drama & Theater Arts is the 59th most popular major in the country with 17,341 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Mississippi, there were 64 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $27,997 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,248 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Mississippi” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in drama and theater arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their drama and theater arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

More Ways to Rank Drama & Theater Arts Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Mississippi” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Mississippi

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Mississippi

1

Mississippi University for Women
Columbus, Mississippi

#6 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi University for Women. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Mississippi list. MUW is a small public school situated in Columbus, Mississippi. It awarded 3 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Mississippi University for Women

2

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#5 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Mississippi. University of Southern Mississippi is a fairly large school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 10 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Southern Miss Drama & Theater Arts Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.