2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts in Ohio

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 Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Ohio” ranking.

Theater Arts is the 69th most popular major in the country with 11,561 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Ohio, there were 348 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,649 and $41,690 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Ohio” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in theater arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theater arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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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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 Ohio”.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Ohio

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts in Ohio

#1

Miami University - Oxford

Oxford, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$31,697 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Ohio. This fairly large school is located in Oxford, Ohio, and it awarded 4 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Miami University - Oxford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Miami University - Oxford are $31,697.

Full Miami University - Oxford Theater Arts Report

#2

Kent State University at Kent

Kent, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$21,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the #2 spot on the list. Kent State University at Kent is a large public school situated in Kent, Ohio. It awarded 6 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Kent State also made our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State University at Kent are $21,952, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Theater Arts at Kent State

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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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