2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Massachusetts

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 11,561 people earned their degree in theater arts, making the major the 69th most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 314 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,678 and $11,688 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theater arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the theater arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts associate degree theater students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Massachusetts

#1

Dean College

Franklin, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$26,852 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dean College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Franklin, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s theater students in 2019-2020.

Dean College also made our “Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Dean College is $26,852 for massachusetts associate degree theater students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Theater Arts at Dean College

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k)

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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