2021 Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
8Colleges
435Bachelor's Degrees
$25,897Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking looked at 8 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 Rocky Mountains Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying theater.
Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus has taken the #1 spot in this year's drama & theater arts ranking for non-traditional students. CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the city of Denver. CU Anschutz also made our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #2.
About 0.9% of CU Anschutz students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 8,659 students take at least one class online at CU Anschutz. 11,636 of CU Anschutz students are attending part time.
University of Northern Colorado comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. University of Northern Colorado did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 3,583 students take at least one class online at University of Northern Colorado. About 3,468 of the students at University of Northern Colorado are attending part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Brigham Young University - Provo. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, BYU has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. Approximately 12,325 students take at least one class online at BYU. About 4,504 of the students at BYU are attending part time.
The University of Montana comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Missoula, UM is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. UM also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UM is lower than is typical, just 3.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,583 students take at least one class online at UM. 3,141 students are part time.
Utah Valley University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. UVU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Orem. UVU also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. There are approximately 15,690 students at UVU that take at least one class online. About 22,387 of the students at UVU are attending part time.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Utah State University. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, USU has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 0.8% of USU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 13,751 students take at least one class online at USU. 9,734 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Southern Utah University as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Southern Utah University is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Cedar City. Southern Utah University not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. Approximately 4,613 students take at least one class online at Southern Utah University. 4,998 students are part time.
University of Idaho earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. U of I is a large public school located in the distant town of Moscow. U of I also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at U of I is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,845 students take at least one class online at U of I. 3,189 students are part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 8 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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