2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 49 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, drama and theater arts is the #86 most popular major in West Virginia.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in West Virginia to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for theater students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Drama & Theater Arts

#1

Shepherd University

Shepherdstown, WV

2 Bachelor's Degrees

#6 in Quality in West Virginia

$7,784 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Shepherd University the best value school in West Virginia for drama and theater arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Shepherd University is a small public school located in the fringe town of Shepherdstown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Shepherd University are $7,784 a year.

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#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

33 Bachelor's Degrees

#4 in Quality in West Virginia

$9,144 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means West Virginia University is a great value for drama and theater arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WVU are $9,144 a year. On average, theater graduates from WVU take out $20,795 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

WVU also made our Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list, coming in at #4.

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Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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Drama & Theater Arts Related Majors for Theater

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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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