2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Washington

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Washington, there were 181 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theater arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 a Master’s in Washington”.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Washington.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts in Washington

#1

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$24,976 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Washington list. Central Washington University is located in Ellensburg, Washington and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.

CWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CWU are $24,976.

Read full report on Theater Arts at CWU

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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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