2021 Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
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$38,721Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a bachelor's in theater. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality drama & theater arts programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the drama & theater arts program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying theater.
Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Emerson College has taken the #1 spot in this year's drama & theater arts ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Boston, Emerson is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population. Emerson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the New England Region list.
The student loan default rate at Emerson is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. 889 of Emerson students are exclusively distance learners. About 562 of the students at Emerson are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Connecticut as the #2 school in this year's rankings. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs. UCONN also made our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the New England Region list, coming in at #3.
The student loan default rate at UCONN is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 11,648 students at UCONN that take at least one class online. 3,257 students are part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Massachusetts Amherst. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst. UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the New England Region list.
About 0.9% of UMass Amherst students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 4,105 of UMass Amherst students are exclusively distance learners. 6,786 of UMass Amherst students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Boston University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston. Boston U also made our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the New England Region list, coming in at #2.
The student loan default rate at Boston U is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. 4,032 of Boston U students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 7,057 part time students in attendance at Boston U.
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small suburb of Durham, UNH is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNH, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the New England Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. Approximately 3,625 students take at least one class online at UNH. 1,355 students are part time.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Rhode Island College. RIC is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Providence. RIC also made our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the New England Region list, coming in at #6.
About 3.0% of RIC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 3,583 students at RIC that take at least one class online. 2,015 of RIC students are attending part time.
Western Connecticut State University comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Danbury, WestConn is a public college with a small student population. WestConn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the New England Region list.
The student loan default rate at WestConn is lower than is typical, just 2.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,116 students at WestConn that take at least one class online. 1,281 of WestConn students are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 7 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
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