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2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
53 Degrees Awarded
$16,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor's in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k

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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 New Hampshire, there were 56 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,100 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,910 and $24,324 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $30-$48k) in New Hampshire

#1

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dartmouth College landed the #1 spot on the list. Dartmouth College is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hanover, New Hampshire. It awarded 10 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Dartmouth also took the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. It costs about $4,830 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Dartmouth College.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k. Durham, New Hampshire is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

UNH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. The yearly cost to attend UNH is $18,826 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

#3

Keene State College

Keene, New Hampshire

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Keene State College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k. This small school is located in Keene, New Hampshire, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new hampshire bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k list, Keene State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Keene State College is $14,717 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#4

Plymouth State University

Plymouth, New Hampshire

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Plymouth State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k. Plymouth, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Plymouth State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Plymouth State is $16,030 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#5

New England College

Henniker, New Hampshire
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Henniker, New Hampshire, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new hampshire bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k list, NEC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. It costs about $26,858 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend New England College.

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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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