2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theater Design & Technology
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 176 theater design and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 14 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.
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
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree theater design students.
Top 14 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theater Design & Technology
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s. OHIO Athens is located in Athens, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s theater design degrees to qualified students.
OHIO Athens also made our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #12. Average graduate tuition and fees at OHIO Athens are $17,712, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Iowa City, Iowa, and it awarded 6 masters’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.
Iowa also took the #6 spot in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina School of the Arts. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s list. Winston-Salem, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater design degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our master’s degree theater design students list, UNCSA has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina School of the Arts are $26,064, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s. This large school is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it awarded 13 masters’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our master’s degree theater design students list, UC has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UC are $26,644.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s list. La Jolla, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater design degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
UCSD also made our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
The Graduate Center, CUNY landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s ranking. New York, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater design degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our master’s degree theater design students list, The Graduate Center has also earned the #14 rank in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The Graduate Center, CUNY are $23,640, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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University of Maryland - College Park ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s list. UMCP is a large public school situated in College Park, Maryland. It awarded 8 masters’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our master’s degree theater design students list, UMCP has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
University of Missouri - Kansas City ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s list. UMKC is located in Kansas City, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s theater design degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our master’s degree theater design students list, UMKC has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMKC are $26,699, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #9. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 5 masters’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.
UW Seattle also took the #9 spot in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294.
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With a ranking of #10, New York University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s list. NYU is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 masters’s theater design degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our master’s degree theater design students list, NYU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Savannah College of Art and Design ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s list. Located in Savannah, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 17 degrees to qualified masters’s theater design students in 2019-2020.
SCAD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SCAD are $38,975, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Yale University landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s ranking. Yale is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 26 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Yale did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale are $44,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
With a ranking of #13, California Institute of the Arts did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s list. Located in Valencia, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s theater design students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at CalArts, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. 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.
Boston University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s ranking. Boston U is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 12 masters’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our master’s degree theater design students list, Boston U has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
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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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