2022 Best Value Colleges for Musical Theater (Income $0-$30k) in Oklahoma

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in Oklahoma For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Musical Theater is the 489th most popular major in the country with 935 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Oklahoma, there were 25 musical theater graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Musical Theatre Schools in Oklahoma For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in musical theater. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent musical theater 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 musical theater 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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Best Value Musical Theatre Schools in Oklahoma For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Musical Theatre Schools in Oklahoma For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Musical Theater (Income $0-$30k) in Oklahoma

#1

University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$12,297 Average Net Price

$37,034 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Musical Theatre Schools in Oklahoma For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 13 ’s musical theatre degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Musical Theater Schools in Oklahoma” list. The estimated yearly cost for UCO is $12,297 for oklahoma musical theatre students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full UCO Musical Theater Report

#2

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Norman, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$16,675 Average Net Price

$49,244 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Musical Theatre Schools in Oklahoma For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified ’s musical theatre students in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Musical Theater Schools in Oklahoma” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $16,675 for Oklahoma Musical Theatre students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Musical Theater at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

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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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