2021 Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Florida
7Colleges
508Bachelor's Degrees
$27,860Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Drama & Theater Arts is the #52 most popular major in Florida with 508 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 4.0% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
This year's Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Florida ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer a bachelor's in theater. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality drama & theater arts programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the drama & theater arts program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Florida
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying theater.
Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Florida State University tops the 2021 list of our schools in Florida that are best for non-traditional drama & theater arts students. Located in the city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public school with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida State, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Florida ranking.
The student loan default rate at Florida State is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 20,172 students take at least one class online at Florida State. About 8,311 of the students at Florida State are attending part time.
University of Florida comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. UF is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville. UF not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Florida list.
The student loan default rate at UF is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 22,865 students at UF that take at least one class online. 11,205 of UF students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of South Florida - Main Campus as the #3 school in this year's rankings. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the city of Tampa. USF Tampa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Florida list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. There are approximately 22,899 students at USF Tampa that take at least one class online. 13,938 students are part time.
Florida International University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public college with a fairly large student population. FIU also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Florida rankings.
The student loan default rate at FIU is lower than is typical, just 2.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 21,632 students at FIU that take at least one class online. 22,664 of FIU students are attending part time.
The University of West Florida landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best drama & theater arts schools for non-traditional students. UWF is a large public school located in the city of Pensacola. UWF also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Florida rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.8%. 6,498 students at UWF are exclusively online. 6,461 of UWF students are attending part time.
Florida Atlantic University landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best drama & theater arts schools for non-traditional students. FAU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boca Raton. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, FAU has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Florida ranking.
About 1.4% of FAU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 14,436 students at FAU that take at least one class online. 11,860 of FAU students are attending part time.
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Rollins College. Rollins is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Winter Park. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rollins, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Florida ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. 297 of Rollins students are attending part time.
Drama & Theater Arts Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
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 7 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).
Drama & Theater Arts is the #52 most popular major in Florida with 508 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 4.0% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
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