2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theater Design & Technology in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in the Southeast Region” 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.

Across the Southeast region, there were 350 theater design and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 theater design and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the theater design and technology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

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

#1

University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$26,064 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina School of the Arts. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. University of North Carolina School of the Arts is a small public school situated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It awarded 11 masters’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.

UNCSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNCSA are $26,064.

Read full report on Theater Design & Technology at UNCSA

#2

Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$38,975 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Savannah College of Art and Design. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Savannah College of Art and Design is a fairly large school located in Savannah, Georgia that handed out 17 masters’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.

SCAD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theater Design & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SCAD are $38,975.

Read more about Theater Design & Technology at Savannah College of Art and Design

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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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