2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 California, there were 261 theater design and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 theater design and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in theater design and technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent theater design and technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the theater design and technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theater Design & Technology (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in La Jolla, California, this large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s theater design students in 2019-2020.

UCSD also took the #0 spot in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCSD are $28,631, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Theater Design & Technology at University of California - San Diego

#2

California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, California

#1 in overall quality

$53,466 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of the Arts. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Valencia, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s theater design students in 2019-2020.

CalArts also made our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at California Institute of the Arts are $53,466, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Theater Design & Technology at CalArts

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theater Design & Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theater Design & Technology (Income $30-$48k)

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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