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2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
49 Degrees Awarded
$19,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Theater Design & Technology is the 450th most popular major in the country with 1,261 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 101 theater design and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 theater design and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in theater design and technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great theater design and technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the theater design and technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theater Design & Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s theater design students in 2019-2020.

Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Boston U is $12,903 for new england region bachelor’s degree theater design students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.

Read more about Theater Design & Technology at Boston U

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Connecticut is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 9 bachelors’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN also made our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for UCONN is $12,381 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Theater Design students whose families make $0-$30k.

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 student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Connecticut Theater Design & Technology Report

#3

Salem State University

Salem, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Salem State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Salem, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s theater design students in 2019-2020.

Salem State also made our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Salem State is $14,593 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Theater Design students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Theater Design & Technology at Salem State

#4

Keene State College

Keene, New Hampshire
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Keene State College landed the #4 spot on the list. Keene State is a public institution located in Keene, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Keene State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Keene State College is $14,288 for new england region bachelor’s degree theater design students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Theater Design & Technology at Keene State

#5

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bennington College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Bennington College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bennington, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree theater design students whose families make $0-$30k list, Bennington has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bennington College is $23,511 for new england region bachelor’s degree theater design students whose families make $0-$30k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Theater Design & Technology at Bennington College

#6

Emerson College

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Emerson College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s theater design students in 2019-2020.

Emerson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Emerson College is $39,241 for new england region bachelor’s degree theater design students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Theater Design & Technology at Emerson

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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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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