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2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for an Associate

7 Ranked Colleges
135 Degrees Awarded
$7,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theater Design Schools for an Associate

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Theater Design Schools for an Associate” ranking.

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

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 135 theater design and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Design Schools for an Associate” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theater Design Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Design Schools for an Associate.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theater Design & Technology

#1

Valencia College

Orlando, Florida
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Theater Design Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Valencia College landed the #1 spot on the list. Valencia College is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 21 associates’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree theater design students list, Valencia College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $5,205 for Associate Degree Theater Design students per year to attend Valencia College.

Full Valencia College Theater Design & Technology Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sinclair Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for an Associate list. This fairly large school is located in Dayton, Ohio, and it awarded 3 associates’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.

Sinclair Community College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Sinclair Community College is $4,208 for associate degree theater design students.

Read more about Theater Design & Technology at Sinclair Community College

#3

Nassau Community College

Garden City, New York
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Theater Design Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Nassau Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Garden City, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s theater design degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree theater design students list, Nassau Community College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Nassau Community College is $4,594 for associate degree theater design students.

Read more about Theater Design & Technology at Nassau Community College

#4

Genesee Community College

Batavia, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Theater Design Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Genesee Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Batavia, New York, this small public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s theater design students in 2019-2020.

GCC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Genesee Community College is $6,304 for associate degree theater design students.

Read more about Theater Design & Technology at Genesee Community College

#5

Mt. Hood Community College

Gresham, Oregon
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mt. Hood Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for an Associate list. MHCC is a medium-sized school located in Gresham, Oregon that handed out 1 associates’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree theater design students list, MHCC has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mt. Hood Community College is $7,211 for Associate Degree Theater Design students.

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#6

Harford Community College

Bel Air, Maryland
#7 in overall quality

Harford Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #6. Harford Community College is a medium-sized school located in Bel Air, Maryland that handed out 1 associates’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.

Harford Community College also made our “Best Theater Design & Technology Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for Harford Community College is $7,886 for associate degree theater design students.

Full Harford Community College Theater Design & Technology Report

#7

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont
#4 in overall quality

Northern Vermont University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for an Associate ranking. Johnson, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s theater design degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree theater design students list, Northern Vermont University has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northern Vermont University is $15,749 for Associate Degree Theater Design students.

Read more about Theater Design & Technology at Northern Vermont 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

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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