2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 704 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 21 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in theater arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent theater arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the theater arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The theater school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree theater students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theater Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

North Hennepin Community College

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$10,810 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Hennepin Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. North Hennepin Community College is located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s theater degrees to qualified students.

North Hennepin Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for North Hennepin Community College is $10,810 for plains states region associate degree theater students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#2

Century College

White Bear Lake, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$10,956 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Century College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Century College is a medium-sized school located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota that handed out 2 associates’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Century College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Century College is $10,956 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Theater students whose families make $48-$75k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theater Arts (Income $48-$75k)

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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