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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Massachusetts, there were 314 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking, we looked at 3 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.

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 Master’s in Massachusetts

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts in Massachusetts

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts. UMass Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 3 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also took the #3 spot in our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UMass Amherst Theater Arts Report

#2

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$55,168 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Medford, Massachusetts. It awarded 1 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Tufts did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Tufts Theater Arts Report

#3

Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$53,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Smith College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts. Smith is a small school located in Northampton, Massachusetts that handed out 1 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Smith did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Smith College are $53,940.

Full Smith 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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