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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Virginia, there were 344 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 60 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theater arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great theater arts programs and cost less that 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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Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia master’s degree theater students.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts in Virginia

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Theater Arts at Virginia Tech

#2

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$32,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Virginia list. This large school is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and it awarded 6 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia are $32,394.

Full University of Virginia Theater Arts Report

#3

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$17,052 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 32 diplomas to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.

Regent did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Regent University are $17,052, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Regent Theater Arts Report

#4

Mary Baldwin University

Staunton, Virginia

#4 in overall quality

$13,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mary Baldwin University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. Mary Baldwin is a small school located in Staunton, Virginia that handed out 13 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Mary Baldwin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mary Baldwin University are $13,140, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Theater Arts at Mary Baldwin University

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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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