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2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

8 Ranked Colleges
78 Degrees Awarded
$14,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor's in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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

Across Arkansas, there were 79 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 78 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,332 and $22,750 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 8 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the theater arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas bachelor’s degree theater students with aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts in Arkansas (With Aid)

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid list. UA Little Rock is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.

UA Little Rock not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. The yearly cost to attend UA Little Rock is $14,906 for arkansas bachelor’s degree theater students with aid.

Read more about Theater Arts at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid. Arkansas State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

A-State also made our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Arkansas State University - Main Campus is $13,406 for arkansas bachelor’s degree theater students with aid.

Full Arkansas State University - Main Campus Theater Arts Report

#3

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $16,381 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Theater students with aid per year to attend University of Arkansas.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of Arkansas Theater Arts Report

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Arkansas - Fort Smith is located in Fort Smith, Arkansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.

UAFS also made our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend University of Arkansas - Fort Smith is $9,637 for arkansas bachelor’s degree theater students with aid.

Read full report on Theater Arts at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Central Arkansas is located in Conway, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.

UCA also made our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Arkansas is $15,376 for arkansas bachelor’s degree theater students with aid.

Full University of Central Arkansas Theater Arts Report

#6

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas
#1 in overall quality

Harding University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Harding University is located in Searcy, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s theater degrees to qualified students.

Harding also made our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Harding University is $19,375 for arkansas bachelor’s degree theater students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Theater Arts at Harding University

#7

Ouachita Baptist University

Arkadelphia, Arkansas
#3 in overall quality

Ouachita Baptist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Arkadelphia, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theater degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Ouachita Baptist did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $19,815 for arkansas bachelor’s degree theater students with aid per year to attend Ouachita Baptist University.

Full Ouachita Baptist Theater Arts Report

#8

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, Arkansas
#8 in overall quality

Henderson State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid ranking. Henderson State University is a small school located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas that handed out 1 bachelors’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Henderson State University, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Henderson State University is $10,270 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Theater students with aid.

Read more about Theater Arts at Henderson State 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%.

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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