2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Theater Arts is the 69th most popular major in the country with 11,561 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 704 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 21 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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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The theater school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theater Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

North Hennepin Community College

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$9,195 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Hennepin Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. North Hennepin Community College is a public institution located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k list, North Hennepin Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend North Hennepin Community College is $9,195 for plains states region associate degree theater students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Century College

White Bear Lake, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$9,441 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Century College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Century College is located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s theater degrees to qualified students.

Century College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $9,441 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Theater students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Century College.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theater Arts (Income $30-$48k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

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