2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Theater Arts is the 70th most popular major in the country with 11,385 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 654 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in theater arts. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in theater arts.
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Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree theater students.
Top 9 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts in the New England Region
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s theater students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 7 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 University of Massachusetts Amherst
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Located in Medford, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s theater students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Theater Arts at Tufts University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Brown is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Theater Arts at Brown University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Smith College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Smith is located in Northampton, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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Wesleyan University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s ranking. Wesleyan U is located in Middletown, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
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 1.1%, 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.
Read full report on Theater Arts at Wesleyan University
Castleton University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. Castleton University is a small school located in Castleton, Vermont that handed out 6 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Theater Arts at Castleton
With a ranking of #6, New England College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. NEC is a small school located in Henniker, New Hampshire that handed out 2 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Theater Arts at NEC
With a ranking of #6, Harvard University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Theater Arts at Harvard University
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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