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

8 Ranked Colleges
80 Degrees Awarded
$24,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Theater Schools for a Master's in Texas For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Texas, there were 921 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,079 and $24,294 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 80 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The theater school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid”.

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

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

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Texas (With Aid)

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 15 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at The University of Texas at Austin

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #2 spot on the list. TWU is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TWU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at TWU are $14,962.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at TWU

#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #3 spot on the list. UH is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 25 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH are $18,689, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at UH

#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 8 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech University are $17,530.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Texas Tech

#5

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Texas State also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas State University are $17,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas State Drama & Theater Arts Report

#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Commerce, Texas, and it awarded 9 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Commerce, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Commerce are $14,549, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Texas A&M Commerce Drama & Theater Arts Report

With a ranking of #7, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.

SMU also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SMU are $47,478.

Full SMU Drama & Theater Arts Report

#8

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Baylor University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Waco, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.

Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Baylor University are $36,936.

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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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