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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Alabama, there were 189 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $14,000 and $25,924 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The theater school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree theater students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Alabama

#1

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$30,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$41,789 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #1 spot on the list. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

UA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at The University of Alabama

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast 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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

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