2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Washington

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Washington, there were 235 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,733 and $24,191 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in drama and theater arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality drama and theater arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the drama and theater arts 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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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 Theater Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Washington

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$22,667 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UW Seattle is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 10 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at UW Seattle

#2

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

$24,976 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. CWU is a fairly large school located in Ellensburg, Washington that handed out 6 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

CWU also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at CWU are $24,976, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at CWU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k)

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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