2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 189 theater design and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 theater design and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree theater design students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theater Design & Technology in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Ohio University - Athens Campus

Athens, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$17,712 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a large public school situated in Athens, Ohio. It awarded 11 masters’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens also took the #2 spot in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at OHIO Athens are $17,712.

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#2

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

Cincinnati, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$26,644 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. UC is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 13 masters’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.

UC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

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