2022 Best Value Theatre and Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

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With 33 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, theatre and dance is the most popular major in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 theatre and dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theatre and Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in theatre and dance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent theatre and dance 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 theatre and dance 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 Theatre and Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theatre and Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theatre and Dance (With Aid)

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming

#3 in overall quality

$12,159 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Theatre and Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Laramie, Wyoming, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s theatre and dance degrees in 2019-2020.

UW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Theatre and Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wyoming is $12,159 for bachelor’s degree theatre and dance students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Theatre and Dance at UW

#2

University of Nevada - Reno

Reno, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

$15,081 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Reno. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theatre and Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Reno, Nevada, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s theatre and dance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNR, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Theatre and Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,081 for bachelor’s degree theatre and dance students with aid per year to attend UNR.

Read more about Theatre and Dance at UNR

#3

The College of Wooster

Wooster, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$24,692 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Theatre and Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The College of Wooster landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Wooster, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theatre and dance students in 2019-2020.

Wooster College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Theatre and Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $24,692 for bachelor’s degree theatre and dance students with aid per year to attend The College of Wooster.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.

Read full report on Theatre and Dance at Wooster College

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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