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Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$9,323 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$18,693 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree School for You

With 754 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, drama and theater arts is the #59 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for theater students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Drama & Theater Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Harrisburg Area Community College the best value school in Pennsylvania for drama and theater arts students working on their associate degree. HACC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Harrisburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at HACC are $8,295 a year.

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Out of the 2 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Northampton County Area Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Northampton Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Bethlehem.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northampton Community College are $10,350 per year. After completing their Associate Degree, theater graduates from Northampton Community College carry an average student debtload of $9,556.

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Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 2,542
Maryland 179
New Jersey 210
District of Columbia 67

One of 10 majors within the area of study, drama and theater arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Theater

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Music 25,910
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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