by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 11,323 people earned their degree in theater arts, making the major the 70th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,064 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 96 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in theater arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their theater arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree theater students.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Commerce, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s theater students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 22 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech University is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 12 masters’s theater degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #4 spot on the list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s theater degrees to 13 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma City University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s theater students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Texas Woman’s University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking. TWU is a fairly large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 6 masters’s theater degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. SMU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
Texas State University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas State is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 7 masters’s theater degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 5 masters’s theater degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Baylor University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 1 masters’s theater degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
With a ranking of #12, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 masters’s theater degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 9 masters’s theater degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Theater Arts Report
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theater Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. University of Oklahoma is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 36 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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