by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” 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 the New England region, there were 985 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,365 and $26,358 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in drama and theater arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular drama and theater arts programs in the United States.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emerson College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s. Emerson College is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 25 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s. This large school is located in Storrs, Connecticut, and it awarded 13 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at University of Connecticut
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Yale University is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Out of the 13 schools in the Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #5 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 7 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, 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 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Drama & Theater Arts Report
Tufts University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Medford, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s theater students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Brown University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 2 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Berklee College of Music landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s ranking. Berklee College of Music is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 Berklee College of Music
Smith College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s ranking. Smith College is a small school located in Northampton, Massachusetts that handed out 1 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
New England College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #10. NEC is located in Henniker, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
Wesleyan University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #10. Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Middletown, Connecticut. It awarded 20 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Harvard University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s ranking. Harvard is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 0 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Castleton University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s ranking. This small school is located in Castleton, Vermont, and it awarded 6 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
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