2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You
Drama & Theater Arts is the #75 most popular major in Indiana with 315 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. This report analyzed 15 schools in Indiana to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for theater students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for theater majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.
Top 10 Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University - Main Campus the best value school in Indiana for drama and theater arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Purdue are $9,992 per year.
Purdue also took the #3 spot in our Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana rankings.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Indiana University - South Bend is a great value for drama and theater arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Indiana University - South Bend is a small public school located in the city of South Bend.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Indiana University - South Bend are $7,827 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern Indiana. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. USI is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Evansville.
USI undergraduate students pay an average of $9,509 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Muncie.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ball State are $10,290 per year. The average amount in student loans that theater majors at Ball State take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $21,902. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $326.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at IU Bloomington are $11,333 a year. The average amount in student loans that theater majors at IU Bloomington take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $22,278.
IU Bloomington excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list.
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With a ranking of #6, Indiana State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for drama and theater arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Indiana State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,598 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #7, Purdue University Fort Wayne did quite well on this year’s best value schools for drama and theater arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. PFW is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Fort Wayne.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at PFW are $8,857 per year.
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University of Notre Dame did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for drama and theater arts students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Notre Dame are $58,843 a year. On average, theater graduates from Notre Dame take out $18,253 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
Notre Dame also took the #1 spot in our Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana rankings.
With a ranking of #9, Huntington University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for drama and theater arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Huntington is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Huntington.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Huntington are $28,192 a year.
University of Evansville landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree drama and theater arts programs. Located in the midsize city of Evansville, UE is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
UE undergraduate students pay an average of $39,806 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Full Drama & Theater Arts at University of Evansville Report
Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
Explore all the Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Michigan | 364 |
Ohio | 523 |
Illinois | 855 |
Wisconsin | 259 |
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Drama & Theater Arts Related Majors for Theater
One of 10 majors within the area of study, drama and theater arts has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 15 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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