2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

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

Across District of Columbia, there were 44 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great theater arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the theater arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts in District of Columbia

#1

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia master’s degree theater students list, CUA has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Catholic University of America are $50,340, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Theater Arts at CUA

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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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