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2022 Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$21,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Drama & Dance Education is the 777th most popular major in the country with 263 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in drama and dance education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great drama and dance education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the drama and dance education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Dance Education in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, this fairly large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s drama education students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCO, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UCO is $16,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree drama education students with aid.

Read more about Drama & Dance Education at UCO

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hardin - Simmons University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Hardin - Simmons is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Abilene, Texas. It awarded 2 bachelors’s drama education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree drama education students with aid list, Hardin - Simmons has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,509 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Drama Education students with aid per year to attend Hardin - Simmons University.

Read more about Drama & Dance Education at Hardin - Simmons University

#3

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#5 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this large private for-profit school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s drama education students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree drama education students with aid list, Grand Canyon University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,020 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Drama Education students with aid per year to attend Grand Canyon University.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Texas Baptist University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. East Texas Baptist University is located in Marshall, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s drama education degrees to qualified students.

East Texas Baptist University also made our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend East Texas Baptist University is $22,515 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Drama Education students with aid.

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#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma City University landed the #5 spot on the list. Oklahoma City University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree drama education students with aid list, OCU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma City University is $22,306 for southwest region bachelor’s degree drama education students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Drama & Dance Education at Oklahoma City University

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Lubbock Christian University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Drama Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. LCU is a small school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s drama education degrees in 2019-2020.

LCU also made our “Best Drama & Dance Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $24,128 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Drama Education students with aid per year to attend Lubbock Christian University.

Read full report on Drama & Dance Education at Lubbock Christian University

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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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