2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

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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 Maine, there were 30 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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 Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Maine (With Aid)

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$12,339 Average Net Price

$25,194 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 8 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Southern Maine, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for maine bachelor’s degree theater students with aid.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,558 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theater students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMaine is $17,558 for maine bachelor’s degree theater students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts (With Aid)

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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