2022 Best Value Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 in the Southwest Region 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 the Southwest region, there were 2 directing and theatrical production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Directing & Theatrical Production in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Baylor University

Waco, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$36,039 Average Net Price

$43,988 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Directing and Theatrical Production Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #1 spot on the list. Baylor University is a fairly large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 2 ’s directing and theatrical production degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Directing & Theatrical Production Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor is $36,039 for southwest region directing and theatrical production students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 more about Directing & Theatrical Production at Baylor

• Best Value 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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

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