2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Musical Theater (Income $0-$30k)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Musical Theatre Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 935 people earned their degree in musical theater, making the major the 489th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 musical theater graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Musical Theatre Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in musical theater. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great musical theater programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the musical theater 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 Musical Theatre Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Musical Theatre Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Musical Theater (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Musical Theatre Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s musical theatre students in 2019-2020.

Temple also took the #0 spot in our “Best Musical Theater Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Temple Musical Theater Report

#2

Berklee College of Music

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$44,408 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Berklee College of Music. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Musical Theatre Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s musical theatre students in 2019-2020.

Berklee College of Music also took the #1 spot in our “Best Musical Theater Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Berklee College of Music are $44,408, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Berklee College of Music Musical Theater Report

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.

Credits

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

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