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2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
61 Degrees Awarded
$12,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor's in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Rhode Island, there were 68 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 61 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theater arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent theater arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the theater arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Rhode Island

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality
$201 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Brown University is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 18 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown also made our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $201 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree Theater students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Brown.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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#2

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality
$7,691 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhode Island College landed the #2 spot on the list. Rhode Island College is a medium-sized public school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 12 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

RIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. It costs about $7,691 for rhode island bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend RIC.

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#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#3 in overall quality
$14,309 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #3 spot on the list. URI is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also took the #3 spot in our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. The yearly cost to attend URI is $14,309 for rhode island bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#4

Salve Regina University

Newport, Rhode Island
#2 in overall quality
$27,178 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Salve Regina University landed the #4 spot on the list. Salve Regina University is a small school located in Newport, Rhode Island that handed out 4 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Salve Regina did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. It costs about $27,178 for rhode island bachelor’s degree theater students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Salve Regina University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Theater Arts at Salve Regina University

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%.

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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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