2024 Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
3
Colleges in the Southwest Region
151
Associate Degrees
an associate degree in
theater arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #113 out of 1020 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of theater arts. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 151 associate degrees in theater arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Theater Arts School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of theater arts for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to theater arts students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other theater arts students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized theater arts related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for theater arts students working on their associate degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The theater school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region.