by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Theater Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 11,385 people earned their degree in theater arts, making the major the 70th most popular in the United States.
Across Mississippi, there were 61 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,502 and $27,577 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Theater Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in theater arts. To top this list, a school must have a successful theater arts program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Theater Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi bachelor’s degree theater students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this fairly large public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in University, Mississippi, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Theater Arts at University of Mississippi
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Belhaven University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s list. Belhaven is a private not-for-profit institution located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Theater Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, William Carey University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Theater Arts at William Carey University
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