2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Washington (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Washington For Those Getting Aid” 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 Washington, there were 235 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,733 and $24,191 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Washington 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington master’s degree theater students with aid.

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

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$22,667 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also took the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at UW Seattle

#2

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

$24,976 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid. Central Washington University is a fairly large school located in Ellensburg, Washington that handed out 6 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our washington master’s degree theater students with aid list, CWU has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Washington University are $24,976, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full CWU Drama & Theater Arts Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’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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