2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Indiana 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 Indiana, there were 354 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,825 and $22,827 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,737 and $39,894 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Indiana 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the drama and theater arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

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

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid list. Purdue is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 6 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also took the #0 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$33,338 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid list. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

IU Bloomington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Bloomington are $33,338.

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• 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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