by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.
Theater Arts is the 70th most popular major in the country with 11,385 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,424 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 213 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 27 colleges that offer 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 colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree theater students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mary Baldwin University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region. Mary Baldwin University is a small school located in Staunton, Virginia that handed out 15 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region. Regent University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 34 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bob Jones University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region list. Bob Jones University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Greenville, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, 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 University of New Orleans. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region. UNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Theater Arts at University of New Orleans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Savannah College of Art and Design. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 10 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.
University of Southern Mississippi landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Theater Arts at University of Southern Mississippi
With a ranking of #7, Florida State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region list. Florida State University is a large public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 26 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
The University of Alabama landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Florida Atlantic University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
With a ranking of #10, Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region list. VCU is a large public school situated in Richmond, Virginia. It awarded 8 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Read full report on Theater Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University
University of Georgia ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region list. UGA is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 13 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 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of South Carolina - Columbia ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region list. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Full University of South Carolina - Columbia Theater Arts Report
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 7 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Theater Arts at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
West Virginia University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region list. West Virginia University is a large school located in Morgantown, West Virginia that handed out 5 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #15, University of Memphis did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Memphis is a public institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #16, University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region list. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
University of Arkansas ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Arkansas is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #18, University of Central Florida did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Orlando, Florida, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s theater students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Virginia Tech did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #19. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Florida came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school awarded 7 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 1.7% 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%.
University of Louisville came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Louisville is a public institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it awarded 2 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #23. This large school is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and it awarded 1 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, 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 97%.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #24. UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Theater Arts Report
With a ranking of #24, Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Kentucky ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this large public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified masters’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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Hollins University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Hollins University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Roanoke, Virginia. It awarded 7 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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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