2022 Best Value Colleges for Theater Design & Technology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Theater Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Theater Design & Technology is the 450th most popular major in the country with 1,261 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southwest region, there were 52 theater design and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Theater Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the theater design and technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Theater Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.
Top 6 Best Value Colleges for Theater Design & Technology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s theater design degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.
University of Arizona also took the #2 spot in our “Best Theater Design & Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $15,016 for southwest region theater design students with aid per year to attend University of Arizona.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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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 #2 for the Best Value Theater Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UNM also made our “Best Theater Design & Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $14,446 for Southwest Region Theater Design students with aid per year to attend UNM.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Theater Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Central Oklahoma is a public institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Theater Design & Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $16,562 for Southwest Region Theater Design students with aid per year to attend UCO.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Theater Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma City University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified ’s theater design students in 2019-2020.
OCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Theater Design & Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for OCU is $22,306 for Southwest Region Theater Design students with aid.
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%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Theater Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas Christian University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 1 ’s theater design degrees in 2019-2020.
TCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theater Design & Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $36,811 for southwest region theater design students with aid per year to attend TCU.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Theater Design & Technology at Texas Christian University
Baylor University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Theater Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Baylor University is located in Waco, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 ’s theater design degrees to qualified students.
Baylor also made our “Best Theater Design & Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor University is $36,039 for Southwest Region Theater Design students with aid.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
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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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