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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theater Design & Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
50 Degrees Awarded
$16,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,261 people earned their degree in theater design and technology, making the major the 450th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 52 theater design and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 50 theater design and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in theater design and technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theater design and technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the theater design and technology 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 Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theater Design & Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s theater design degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $10,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree theater design students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma City University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. OCU is a small school located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that handed out 10 bachelors’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.

OCU also made our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma City University is $17,214 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Theater Design students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Oklahoma City University Theater Design & Technology Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UCO is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 4 bachelors’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UCO is $12,297 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Theater Design students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 5 bachelors’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNM is $13,242 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Theater Design students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theater design students in 2019-2020.

TCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $21,286 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Theater Design students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas Christian University.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Theater Design & Technology at TCU

#6

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Baylor University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Theater Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Baylor is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Baylor, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $26,726 for southwest region bachelor’s degree theater design students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Baylor University.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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