by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Theater Major in Virginia for a Master’s” 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 Virginia, there were 380 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,799 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Theater Major in Virginia for a Master’s” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theater arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular theater arts programs in the United States.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Theater Major in Virginia for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Theater Major in Virginia for a Master’s. Regent 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 Mary Baldwin University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in Virginia for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Staunton, Virginia, and it awarded 15 masters’s theater degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Theater Major in Virginia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #3 spot on the list. VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in Virginia for a Master’s list. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Theater Major in Virginia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 1 students 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Hollins University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Theater Major in Virginia for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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