2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts in the Southeast Region
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Southeast region, there were 2,419 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,179 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 118 colleges that offer 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.
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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Western Carolina University is a fairly large public school situated in Cullowhee, North Carolina. It awarded 26 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $13,722 for southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students per year to attend Western Carolina University.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Florida State University is a large school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 69 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
Florida State also made our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #9. The estimated yearly cost for Florida State is $9,789 for southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 118 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina School of the Arts landed the #3 spot on the list. UNCSA is a public institution located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UNCSA also made our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend UNCSA is $13,885 for southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Theater Arts at University of North Carolina School of the Arts
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. A-State is a fairly large school located in Jonesboro, Arkansas that handed out 9 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Arkansas State University - Main Campus is $13,406 for southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harding University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Searcy, Arkansas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $19,375 for southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students per year to attend Harding University.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
University of Central Arkansas landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Central Arkansas is a public institution located in Conway, Arkansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Arkansas is $15,376 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Theater students.
With a ranking of #7, University of New Orleans did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of New Orleans is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 42 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.
The estimated yearly cost for University of New Orleans is $11,193 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Theater students.
With a ranking of #8, University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. USF Tampa is a large school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 35 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus is $8,355 for southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Florida International University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school handed out 37 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $7,296 for southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students per year to attend Florida International University.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Kennesaw State University landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Kennesaw, Georgia, this large public school handed out 53 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Kennesaw State University is $17,221 for southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students.
With a ranking of #11, University of Central Florida did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UCF is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 80 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students list, UCF has also earned the #21 rank in our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UCF is $10,274 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Theater students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Theater Arts at University of Central Florida
Georgia Southern University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Georgia Southern University is a large public school situated in Statesboro, Georgia. It awarded 16 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Georgia Southern University is $15,536 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Theater students.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 61 students in 2019-2020.
UNC Greensboro did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #24 on our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Carolina at Greensboro is $12,748 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Theater students.
Full University of North Carolina at Greensboro Theater Arts Report
University of South Alabama came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Mobile, Alabama is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of South Alabama is $15,501 for southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students.
University of Southern Mississippi landed the #15 spot on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this fairly large public school awarded 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $14,923 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Theater students per year to attend University of Southern Mississippi.
University of West Georgia ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Carrollton, Georgia, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for University of West Georgia is $16,124 for southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students.
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With a ranking of #17, Murray State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Murray, Kentucky is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Murray State University is $11,390 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Theater students.
Virginia Tech came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 23 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Virginia Tech, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Virginia Tech is $21,198 for southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
With a ranking of #19, Columbus State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Columbus, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $12,058 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Theater students per year to attend CSU.
With a ranking of #20, University of Florida did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school awarded 43 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students list, UF has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $6,302 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Theater students per year to attend University of Florida.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of North Carolina at Wilmington came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. UNCW is a fairly large school located in Wilmington, North Carolina that handed out 33 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend UNCW is $19,055 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Theater students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
West Liberty University landed the #22 spot on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. West Liberty University is located in West Liberty, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $13,793 for southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students per year to attend West Liberty University.
University of Alabama in Huntsville did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #23. UAH is located in Huntsville, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.
UAH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #25 on our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $15,860 for southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students per year to attend UAH.
Bob Jones University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Greenville, South Carolina, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $12,923 for southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students per year to attend Bob Jones University.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Appalachian State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #25. This large school is located in Boone, North Carolina, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Appalachian State is $13,920 for southeast region bachelor’s degree theater students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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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%.
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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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