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2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
61 Degrees Awarded
$13,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor's in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Drama & Theater Arts is the 59th most popular major in the country with 18,124 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, drama and theater arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $21,403 and had an average of $26,932 in loans still to pay off.

Across Vermont, there were 63 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 61 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in drama and theater arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent drama and theater arts 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 drama and theater arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for vermont bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Vermont

#1

Middlebury College

Middlebury, Vermont
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Middlebury College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k. Middlebury College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Middlebury, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Middlebury not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The estimated yearly cost for Middlebury College is $6,161 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Theater students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at Middlebury College

#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k. UVM is a public institution located in Burlington, Vermont. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UVM also took the #2 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Vermont is $12,015 for vermont bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#3

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Vermont University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k. Northern Vermont University is a small school located in Johnson, Vermont that handed out 2 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Vermont University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. It costs about $12,931 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Theater students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Northern Vermont University.

Full Northern Vermont University Drama & Theater Arts Report

#4

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bennington College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k. Bennington College is a small school located in Bennington, Vermont that handed out 28 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Bennington also took the #3 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bennington is $23,511 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Theater students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.

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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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