2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across California, there were 1,941 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 598 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,451 and $19,634 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in theater arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great theater arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the theater arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for california associate degree theater students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theater Arts in California (With Aid)

#1

Santa Rosa Junior College

Santa Rosa, California

#1 in overall quality

$5,782 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Rosa Junior College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid list. Santa Rosa Junior College is located in Santa Rosa, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s theater degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SRJC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Santa Rosa Junior College is $5,782 for california associate degree theater students with aid.

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#2

Mt. San Antonio College

Walnut, California

#2 in overall quality

$1,729 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Mt. San Antonio College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Walnut, California, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified associates’s theater students in 2019-2020.

Mt. SAC also made our “Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Mt. San Antonio College is $1,729 for California Associate Degree Theater students with aid.

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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.

Credits

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