2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k
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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 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 141 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree theater students whose families make $75-$110k.
Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Yale University is a fairly large school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 45 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Yale, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale are $44,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 22 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
Brown also took the #3 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363.
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Smith College landed the #3 spot on the list. Smith College is located in Northampton, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
Smith also took the #7 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Smith College are $53,940, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
UMass Amherst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This fairly large school is located in Medford, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
Tufts also took the #5 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Boston University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.
Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
University of Connecticut ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 20 degrees to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.
UCONN also took the #6 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576.
Emerson College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 19 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Emerson, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Emerson are $31,754.
Berklee College of Music came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Berklee College of Music, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Berklee College of Music are $44,408, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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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