2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

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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 the New England region, there were 1,043 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,920 and $22,921 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree theater students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Brown University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Brown Drama & Theater Arts Report

#2

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$55,168 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the #2 spot on the list. Medford, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s theater degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tufts, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts University are $55,168, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Drama & Theater Arts at Tufts

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $48-$75k)

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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