2022 Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 15 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality directing and theatrical production programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 3 masters’s directing and theatrical production degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa also made our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Directing & Theatrical Production at Iowa

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production (Income $75-$110k)

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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