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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Arizona 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 Arizona, there were 227 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,175 and $21,026 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,233 and $38,981 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in drama and theater arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent drama and theater arts programs, but they also 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 Arizona For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$28,598 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 10 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe Drama & Theater Arts Report

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Arizona Drama & Theater Arts Report

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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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