2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Drama & Theater Arts is the 59th most popular major in the country with 18,124 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southeast region, there were 3,374 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,841 and $26,422 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in drama and theater arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great drama and theater arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the drama and theater arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$26,707 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida State also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State University are $26,707, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Florida State

#2

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s theater degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree theater students with aid list, Louisiana State University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

• Best Value Doctor’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.

Credits

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

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