2022 Best Value Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts 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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,260 people earned their degree in other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft, making the major the 534th most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 40 other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,887 and $24,387 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft 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 other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts bachelor’s degree other dramatic/theatre arts & stagecraft students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Wheaton College Massachusetts

Norton, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$26,809 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Wheaton College Massachusetts landed the #1 spot on the list. Wheaton College Massachusetts is located in Norton, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wheaton College Massachusetts, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wheaton College Massachusetts is $26,809 for Massachusetts Bachelor’s Degree Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Emerson College

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$45,365 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Schools for a Bachelor’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Emerson College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 29 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other dramatic/theatre arts and stagecraft students in 2019-2020.

Emerson also made our “Best Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $45,365 for Massachusetts Bachelor’s Degree Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft students with aid per year to attend Emerson.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft (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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