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

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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 South Dakota, there were 35 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in South Dakota

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$12,637 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the #1 spot on the list. USD is a medium-sized public school situated in Vermillion, South Dakota. It awarded 3 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

USD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USD are $12,637, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of South Dakota Drama & Theater Arts Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States 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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