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2022 Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

7 Ranked Colleges
135 Degrees Awarded
$11,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,192 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 135 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theater Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Queensborough Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Bayside, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s theater degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree theater students whose families make $75-$110k list, QCC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend QCC is $10,299 for middle atlantic region associate degree theater students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full QCC Theater Arts Report

#2

LaGuardia Community College

Long Island City, New York
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, LaGuardia Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. LaGuardia Community College is a public institution located in Long Island City, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 35 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

LaGuardia also made our “Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend LaGuardia is $12,640 for middle atlantic region associate degree theater students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full LaGuardia Community College Theater Arts Report

#3

Montgomery County Community College

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Montgomery County Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Montgomery County Community College is a medium-sized school located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania that handed out 9 associates’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Montco also made our “Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $12,459 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Theater students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Montgomery County Community College.

Full Montco Theater Arts Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk County Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Selden, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s theater degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree theater students whose families make $75-$110k list, Suffolk County Community College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $10,244 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Theater students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Suffolk County Community College.

Full Suffolk County Community College Theater Arts Report

#5

Monroe Community College

Rochester, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Monroe Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Monroe Community College is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 7 associates’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Monroe Community College, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $11,905 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Theater students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Monroe Community College.

Full Monroe Community College Theater Arts Report

#6

Finger Lakes Community College

Canandaigua, New York
#5 in overall quality

Finger Lakes Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Canandaigua, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s theater degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree theater students whose families make $75-$110k list, Finger Lakes Community College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $13,448 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Theater students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Finger Lakes Community College.

Full Finger Lakes Community College Theater Arts Report

#7

Genesee Community College

Batavia, New York
#7 in overall quality

Genesee Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Theater Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Batavia, New York, this small public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s theater students in 2019-2020.

GCC also took the #7 spot in our “Best Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $11,111 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Theater students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Genesee Community College.

Read full report on Theater Arts at GCC

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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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