by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Texas, there were 982 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,024 and $22,488 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 98 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 9 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.
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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 Texas”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas master’s degree theater students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Texas list. Commerce, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Texas list. University of Houston is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 22 masters’s theater degrees 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 4.4%, 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 Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Texas. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 18 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Texas. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 5 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
Southern Methodist University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Texas list. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 4 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Texas State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Texas ranking. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Baylor University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Texas ranking. Baylor University is a large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 2 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
With a ranking of #9, Houston Baptist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Texas list. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s theater students in 2020-2021.
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