2022 Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee 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. 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 Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” 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 Tennessee, there were 3 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in directing and theatrical production. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality directing and theatrical production 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 directing and theatrical production 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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The directing and theatrical production school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production in Tennessee (With Aid)

#1

Lipscomb University

Nashville, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$24,749 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lipscomb University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 2 bachelors’s directing and theatrical production degrees in 2019-2020.

Lipscomb not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. It costs about $24,749 for tennessee bachelor’s degree directing and theatrical production students with aid per year to attend Lipscomb University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Directing & Theatrical Production at Lipscomb

#2

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$35,548 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Belmont University landed the #2 spot on the list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s directing and theatrical production degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Belmont, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Belmont is $35,548 for tennessee bachelor’s degree directing and theatrical production students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.

Read full report on Directing & Theatrical Production at Belmont University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production (With Aid)

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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