2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Mississippi

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 “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Theater Arts is the 69th most popular major in the country with 11,561 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Mississippi, there were 51 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,851 and $25,430 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in theater arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theater arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the theater arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Mississippi

#1

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$9,455 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. University, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Ole Miss did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. It costs about $9,455 for Mississippi Bachelor’s Degree Theater students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Ole Miss.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Theater Arts at Ole Miss

#2

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$13,102 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Making $0-$30k list. Southern Miss is a fairly large public school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 19 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Miss is $13,102 for Mississippi Bachelor’s Degree Theater students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Theater Arts at University of Southern Mississippi

#3

Belhaven University

Jackson, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$16,671 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Belhaven University landed the #3 spot on the list. Jackson, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Belhaven also made our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Belhaven University is $16,671 for Mississippi Bachelor’s Degree Theater students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Theater Arts at Belhaven

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

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