2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi 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 Mississippi, there were 53 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $24,350 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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 Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Mississippi

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$28,960 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 5 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Miss are $10,896, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at University of Southern Mississippi

#2

Mississippi University for Women

Columbus, Mississippi

$7,525 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi University for Women. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k. Columbus, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

MUW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at MUW are $7,525.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at Mississippi University for Women

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $30-$48k)

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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