2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theatre and Dance

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With 33 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, theatre and dance is the most popular major in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 theatre and dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theatre and Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theatre and dance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theatre and dance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the theatre and dance program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Theatre and Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree theatre and dance students.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theatre and Dance

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming

#3 in overall quality

$12,159 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Theatre and Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Laramie, Wyoming, this fairly large public school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theatre and dance students in 2019-2020.

UW also took the #3 spot in our “Best Theatre and Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $12,159 for Bachelor’s Degree Theatre and Dance students per year to attend University of Wyoming.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Theatre and Dance at University of Wyoming

#2

University of Nevada - Reno

Reno, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

$15,081 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Reno. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theatre and Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s. University of Nevada - Reno is a large school located in Reno, Nevada that handed out 1 bachelors’s theatre and dance degrees in 2019-2020.

UNR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theatre and Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UNR is $15,081 for bachelor’s degree theatre and dance students.

Full University of Nevada - Reno Theatre and Dance Report

#3

The College of Wooster

Wooster, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$24,692 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Theatre and Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The College of Wooster landed the #3 spot on the list. Wooster, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theatre and dance degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Wooster College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Theatre and Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Wooster College is $24,692 for bachelor’s degree theatre and dance students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Theatre and Dance at Wooster College

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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