by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Theater Arts is the 70th most popular major in the country with 11,385 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Illinois, there were 458 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 8 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Illinois”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Illinois list. WIU is a medium-sized public school situated in Macomb, Illinois. It awarded 4 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Illinois State University is a large public school situated in Normal, Illinois. It awarded 10 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Dekalb, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s theater students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 8 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Theater Arts at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Northwestern University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Illinois list. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s theater students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #7, University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Illinois list. University of Illinois at Chicago is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 13 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Roosevelt University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in Illinois ranking. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s theater students in 2020-2021.
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