by our College Data Analytics Team
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In 2020-2021, 11,385 people earned their degree in theater arts, making the major the 70th most popular in the United States.
Across Colorado, there were 223 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 208 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,670 and $29,027 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Colorado” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in theater arts. That schools that top this list have a program in theater arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado bachelor’s degree theater students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Colorado list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large school located in Greeley, Colorado that handed out 63 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Colorado. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 55 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado Mesa University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Colorado. Colorado Mesa University is a medium-sized public school situated in Grand Junction, Colorado. It awarded 12 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Colorado. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2020-2021.
University of Colorado Boulder landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Colorado ranking. CU - Boulder is a large school located in Boulder, Colorado that handed out 31 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Fort Lewis College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Colorado list. Fort Lewis College is located in Durango, Colorado and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Colorado ranking. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Denver landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Colorado ranking. University of Denver is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 7 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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