2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts in Pennsylvania

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania” ranking - to help you make that 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 Pennsylvania, there were 397 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania doctor’s degree theater students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$40,836 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania list. Pitt is a large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 1 doctorate’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt also made our “Best Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus are $40,836, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus 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.

Credits

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

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