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2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York

7 Ranked Colleges
104 Degrees Awarded
$23,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor's in New York

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,261 people earned their degree in theater design and technology, making the major the 450th most popular in the United States.

Across New York, there were 142 theater design and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 104 theater design and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in theater design and technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theater design and technology programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theater Design & Technology in New York

#1

SUNY Fredonia

Fredonia, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Fredonia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York. SUNY Fredonia is a public institution located in Fredonia, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Fredonia also took the #4 spot in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $14,824 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Theater Design students per year to attend SUNY Fredonia.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Theater Design & Technology at SUNY Fredonia

#2

Binghamton University

Vestal, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Binghamton University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York. Binghamton University is a fairly large public school situated in Vestal, New York. It awarded 9 bachelors’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Binghamton University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Binghamton University is $19,353 for new york bachelor’s degree theater design students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Binghamton University Theater Design & Technology Report

#3

Purchase College

Purchase, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Purchase College landed the #3 spot on the list. Purchase, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s theater design degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

Purchase College also made our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Purchase College is $18,326 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Theater Design students.

Read full report on Theater Design & Technology at Purchase College

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York City College of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York list. Brooklyn, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s theater design degrees to 38 students in 2019-2020.

City Tech also took the #6 spot in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $3,667 for new york bachelor’s degree theater design students per year to attend New York City College of Technology.

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#5

Marymount Manhattan College

New York, New York
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marymount Manhattan College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York list. New York, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theater design degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MMC, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Marymount Manhattan College is $37,768 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Theater Design students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Theater Design & Technology at Marymount Manhattan College

#6

Ithaca College

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

Ithaca College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York ranking. Ithaca is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ithaca, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ithaca did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The yearly cost to attend Ithaca College is $33,465 for new york bachelor’s degree theater design students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.

Full Ithaca College Theater Design & Technology Report

#7

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Syracuse University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York list. Syracuse, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theater design degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Syracuse did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $34,482 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Theater Design students per year to attend Syracuse.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Theater Design & Technology at Syracuse 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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