2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Directing & Theatrical Production is the 770th most popular major in the country with 256 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 12 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in directing and theatrical production. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent directing and theatrical production programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the directing and theatrical production program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in La Jolla, California, and it awarded 4 masters’s directing and theatrical production degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, California

$53,466 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Institute of the Arts. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k. California Institute of the Arts is a small school located in Valencia, California that handed out 3 masters’s directing and theatrical production degrees in 2019-2020.

CalArts also took the #0 spot in our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CalArts are $53,466, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Directing & Theatrical Production at CalArts

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production (Income $48-$75k)

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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