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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 the Southwest region, there were 1,089 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 825 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 58 colleges that offered a degree in theater arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their theater arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma is a small public school situated in Chickasha, Oklahoma. It awarded 10 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Lutheran University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region. TLU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Seguin, Texas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region list. Southwestern is a small school located in Georgetown, Texas that handed out 9 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Out of the 58 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 123 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Texas Baptist University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region. Marshall, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Texas Wesleyan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Wesleyan is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Theater Arts at Texas Wesleyan University
Abilene Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Abilene Christian University is located in Abilene, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Corpus Christi, Texas, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
Stephen F Austin State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Nacogdoches, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Theater Arts at Stephen F Austin State University
Trinity University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region list. Trinity University is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.
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 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Saint Edward’s University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Saint Edward’s University is located in Austin, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
Oklahoma City University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking. OCU is a small school located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that handed out 6 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of North Texas came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UNT is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 70 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Oral Roberts University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Portales, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2020-2021.
Austin College landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin College is located in Sherman, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.
Sam Houston State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #17. Sam Houston State University is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 31 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #18, Angelo State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region list. Angelo State is located in San Angelo, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #19, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read more about Theater Arts at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Howard Payne University landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Brownwood, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Texas Southern University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
McMurry University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking. McMurry University is located in Abilene, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #23, University of Dallas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Irving, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
Southern Methodist University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking. SMU is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 17 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
With a ranking of #25, West Texas A&M University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region list. West Texas A&M University is located in Canyon, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.
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