2022 Best Value Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Alabama (With 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 in Alabama 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 Alabama, there were 189 drama and theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $14,000 and $25,924 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered 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.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Theater Schools in Alabama For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools in Alabama For Those Getting Aid.
Top 10 Best Value Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Alabama (With Aid)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama in Huntsville. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Schools in Alabama For Those Getting Aid. Located in Huntsville, Alabama, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified ’s theater students in 2019-2020.
UAH also took the #2 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Alabama” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Alabama in Huntsville is $15,860 for alabama theater students with aid.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jacksonville State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools in Alabama For Those Getting Aid list. Jacksonville State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Jacksonville, Alabama. It awarded 7 ’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
Jacksonville State University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Alabama” ranking. It costs about $15,559 for Alabama Theater students with aid per year to attend Jacksonville State University.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Alabama. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Theater Schools in Alabama For Those Getting Aid. University of South Alabama is a fairly large public school situated in Mobile, Alabama. It awarded 5 ’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
USA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Alabama” list. It costs about $15,501 for Alabama Theater students with aid per year to attend USA.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Theater Schools in Alabama For Those Getting Aid. University of Alabama at Birmingham is a large school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 24 ’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
UAB also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham is $16,953 for Alabama Theater students with aid.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools in Alabama For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Alabama landed the #5 spot on the list. UNA is a medium-sized public school situated in Florence, Alabama. It awarded 5 ’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
UNA also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #9. The yearly cost to attend UNA is $14,130 for Alabama Theater students with aid.
Auburn University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools in Alabama For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Auburn, Alabama, this large public school awarded 19 degrees to qualified ’s theater students in 2019-2020.
Auburn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Alabama” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Auburn University is $24,104 for Alabama Theater students with aid.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
The University of Alabama ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Theater Schools in Alabama For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 55 ’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
UA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Alabama” list. It costs about $22,597 for alabama theater students with aid per year to attend UA.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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Alabama State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Theater Schools in Alabama For Those Getting Aid list. Alabama State is located in Montgomery, Alabama and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 ’s theater degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Alabama State, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Alabama” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Alabama State is $13,650 for alabama theater students with aid.
University of Montevallo landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools in Alabama For Those Getting Aid ranking. University of Montevallo is a public institution located in Montevallo, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Montevallo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Alabama” list. It costs about $16,435 for Alabama Theater students with aid per year to attend University of Montevallo.
With a ranking of #10, Samford University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools in Alabama For Those Getting Aid list. Samford University is a medium-sized school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 14 ’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.
Samford also made our “Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Samford is $29,673 for Alabama Theater students with aid.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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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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