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2021 Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region

29 Colleges
2,938 Bachelor's Degrees
$36,162 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region

This year's Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking analyzed 29 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in theater. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent drama & theater arts programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the drama & theater arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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2021 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus has taken the #1 spot in this year's drama & theater arts ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of University Park, Penn State University Park is a public college with a very large student population. Penn State University Park did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

About 0.0% of Penn State University Park students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. All of Penn State University Park students are attending part time.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus

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New York University
New York, NY

Our rankings recognize New York University as the #2 school in this year's rankings. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, NYU has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 21,614 students take at least one class online at NYU. About 8,829 of the students at NYU are attending part time.

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Montclair State University landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best drama & theater arts schools for non-traditional students. Montclair State is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Montclair. Montclair State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

About 1.5% of Montclair State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 9,294 students at Montclair State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,724 part time students in attendance at Montclair State.

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Towson University
Towson, MD

Towson University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public school with a large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. There are approximately 6,258 students at Towson that take at least one class online. About 4,337 of the students at Towson are attending part time.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Towson University

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The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Pace University - New York. Located in the large city of New York, Pace University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 1.9% of Pace University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 6,120 students at Pace University that take at least one class online. 3,498 students are part time.

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Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

Temple University comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a fairly large student population. Temple also made our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #5.

About 1.3% of Temple students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 20,264 students at Temple that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,634 part time students in attendance at Temple.

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The New School
New York, NY

Our rankings recognize The New School as the #7 school in this year's rankings. New School University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, New School University has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.1%. Approximately 5,293 students take at least one class online at New School University. 1,257 students are part time.

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Kean University
Union, NJ

Kean University earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Kean is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Union.

The student loan default rate at Kean is lower than is typical, just 3.1% of students default in three years. Approximately 1,503 students take at least one class online at Kean. About 3,314 of the students at Kean are attending part time.

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Buffalo State
Buffalo, NY

Buffalo State landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best drama & theater arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Buffalo, Buffalo State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

About 3.8% of Buffalo State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,427 students take at least one class online at Buffalo State. 1,406 of Buffalo State students are attending part time.

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Point Park University
Pittsburgh, PA

Point Park University landed the #10 spot in our 2021 best drama & theater arts schools for non-traditional students. Point Park is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

About 1.8% of Point Park students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 974 students at Point Park that take at least one class online. 1,015 of Point Park students are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Drama & Theater Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students drama & theater arts colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,927
Pennsylvania 615
Maryland 167
New Jersey 188
District of Columbia 44

Drama & Theater Arts is one of 10 different types of Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

References

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