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

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 Missouri” 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 Missouri, there were 162 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Missouri

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

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

#1

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$26,699 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 5 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

UMKC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMKC are $26,699, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Theater Arts at UMKC

#2

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$56,562 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #2 spot on the list. Washington University in St Louis is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL also made our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full WUSTL Theater Arts Report

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts

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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