by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Virginia” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Virginia, there were 455 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,773 and $23,721 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 81 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,799 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Virginia” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The theater school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Virginia”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Virginia”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mary Baldwin University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Virginia. Mary Baldwin is a small school located in Staunton, Virginia that handed out 30 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regent University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Virginia list. Virginia Beach, Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hollins University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Virginia. Hollins is located in Roanoke, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Virginia list. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Virginia list. Virginia Tech is a public institution located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Virginia - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Virginia ranking. This large school is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and it awarded 1 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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