2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Indiana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 18,124 people earned their degree in drama and theater arts, making the major the 59th most popular in the United States. 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 Indiana, there were 354 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,825 and $22,827 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,737 and $39,894 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $75-$110k” 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Indiana

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $75-$110k. Purdue is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 6 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Purdue University - Main Campus

#2

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$33,338 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Bloomington, Indiana, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.

IU Bloomington also took the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Bloomington are $33,338.

Full Indiana University - Bloomington Drama & Theater Arts Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $75-$110k)

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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