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2022 Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

10 Ranked Colleges
91 Degrees Awarded
$25,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 11,561 people earned their degree in theater arts, making the major the 69th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,086 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 91 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 10 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#8 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 2 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

TWU also took the #8 spot in our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at TWU are $14,962.

Read more about Theater Arts at Texas Woman’s University

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 15 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Theater Arts at UT Austin

#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston are $18,689.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Texas Tech University is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 8 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530.

Full Texas Tech University Theater Arts Report

#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 3 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399.

Full University of Arizona Theater Arts Report

#5 in overall quality

Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 10 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Theater Arts at Arizona State University - Tempe

#7

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#7 in overall quality

Texas State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #7. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 7 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State also took the #7 spot in our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State are $17,040.

Read more about Theater Arts at Texas State

#9 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Texas A&M Commerce is located in Commerce, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M Commerce also made our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #9. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Commerce are $14,549, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas A&M Commerce Theater Arts Report

#2 in overall quality

Southern Methodist University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 11 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree theater students whose families make more than $110k list, SMU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478.

Full Southern Methodist University Theater Arts Report

#10

Baylor University

Waco, Texas

Baylor University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 1 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree theater students whose families make more than $110k list, Baylor has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor University are $36,936.

Full Baylor Theater Arts Report

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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.

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