2023 Most Focused Colleges for Theater Design & Technology in Virginia

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 “Schools Highly Focused on Theater Design Major in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Theater Design & Technology is the 433rd most popular major in the country with 1,164 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Virginia, there were 5 theater design and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Theater Design Major in Virginia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in theater design and technology. That schools that top this list have a program in theater design and technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools Highly Focused on Theater Design Major in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia theater design students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Theater Design & Technology in Virginia

1

Shenandoah University
Winchester, Virginia

#9 overall quality in Virginia

$50,739 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,050 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Theater Design Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Shenandoah University landed the #1 spot on the list. Shenandoah University is located in Winchester, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 ’s theater design degrees to qualified students.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.

Read more about Theater Design & Technology at Shenandoah University

2

Averett University
Danville, Virginia

$45,340 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,789 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Theater Design Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Averett University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Danville, Virginia, and it awarded 1 ’s theater design degrees in 2020-2021.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.