2021 Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Pennsylvania
4Colleges
637Bachelor's Degrees
$34,628Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
In <nil>, 637 bachelor's degrees were awarded to drama & theater arts students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #45 most popular major in the state. This means that of the 12,746 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 5.0% were from a college or university in the state.
This year's Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Pennsylvania ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer a bachelor's in theater. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great drama & theater arts programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the drama & theater arts program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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2021 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Pennsylvania
Check out the theater programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus tops the 2021 list of our schools in Pennsylvania that are best for non-traditional drama & theater arts students. Penn State University Park is a very large public school located in the small city of University Park. Penn State University Park did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Pennsylvania list.
About 0.0% of Penn State University Park students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. All students are part time.
Temple University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Temple is a very large public school located in the city of Philadelphia. Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Pennsylvania list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. Approximately 20,264 students take at least one class online at Temple. There are roughly 4,634 part time students in attendance at Temple.
Our rankings recognize Point Park University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Point Park is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. Point Park also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Pennsylvania rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.8%. There are approximately 974 students at Point Park that take at least one class online. About 1,015 of the students at Point Park are attending part time.
DeSales University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. DeSales is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Center Valley. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, DeSales has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Pennsylvania ranking.
The student loan default rate at DeSales is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 705 students at DeSales that take at least one class online. 745 of DeSales students are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Theater
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 4 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
In <nil>, 637 bachelor's degrees were awarded to drama & theater arts students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #45 most popular major in the state. This means that of the 12,746 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 5.0% were from a college or university in the state.
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