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2022 Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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In 2019-2020, 263 people earned their degree in drama and dance education, making the major the 777th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 31 drama and dance education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 drama and dance education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in drama and dance education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent drama and dance education programs, but they also cost less that 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 drama and dance education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree drama education students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Dance Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 6 bachelors’s drama education degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO also took the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,693 for southwest region bachelor’s degree drama education students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Central Oklahoma.

Read more about Drama & Dance Education at University of Central Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Hardin - Simmons University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Abilene, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s drama education degrees in 2019-2020.

Hardin - Simmons did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Hardin - Simmons University is $18,450 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Drama Education students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Drama & Dance Education at Hardin - Simmons

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Texas Baptist University landed the #3 spot on the list. East Texas Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Marshall, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

East Texas Baptist University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $22,887 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Drama Education students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend East Texas Baptist University.

Full East Texas Baptist University Drama & Dance Education Report

#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Grand Canyon University is a large private for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 10 bachelors’s drama education degrees in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $21,380 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Drama Education students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Grand Canyon University.

Full Grand Canyon University Drama & Dance Education Report

#5

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma City University landed the #5 spot on the list. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s drama education degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

OCU also made our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend OCU is $22,989 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Drama Education students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Drama & Dance Education at Oklahoma City University

#6 in overall quality

Lubbock Christian University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s drama education degrees in 2019-2020.

LCU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend LCU is $23,347 for southwest region bachelor’s degree drama education students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Drama & Dance Education at LCU

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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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