2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income Over $110k) in Illinois

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Illinois, there were 844 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,300 and $27,875 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income Over $110k) in Illinois

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Theater Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s theater degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Northwestern University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (Income Over $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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

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