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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Theater Major in Virginia for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Theater Major in Virginia for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in drama and theater arts. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in drama and theater arts.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia master’s degree theater students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Theater Major in Virginia for a Master’s. Regent is a fairly large school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 34 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mary Baldwin University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Theater Major in Virginia for a Master’s. Mary Baldwin is located in Staunton, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Theater Major in Virginia for a Master’s. VCU is a public institution located in Richmond, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees 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%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Theater Major in Virginia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #4 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 5 masters’s theater 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Theater Major in Virginia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Hollins University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Roanoke, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s theater students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, 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 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
University of Virginia - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Theater Major in Virginia for a Master’s ranking. University of Virginia is a large school located in Charlottesville, Virginia that handed out 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
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