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 Illinois for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 “Most Well Attended Theater Major in Illinois for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in theater arts. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in theater arts.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree theater students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Theater Major in Illinois for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Illinois State University is a large school located in Normal, Illinois that handed out 10 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Theater Major in Illinois for a Master’s. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Illinois University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in Illinois for a Master’s list. Dekalb, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Theater Major in Illinois for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 6 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Theater Major in Illinois for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Macomb, Illinois, and it awarded 4 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in Illinois for a Master’s list. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s theater students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in Illinois for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. UIC is a public institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
Roosevelt University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in Illinois for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
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