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2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$41,799 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 17,341 people earned a degree or certificate in drama and theater arts, making the major the #60 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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 Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Drama & Theater Arts

Our analysis found Missouri State University - Springfield to be the best value school for drama and theater arts students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Missouri State are $12,618 per year.

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#2

The Juilliard School

New York, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The Juilliard School. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list. Juilliard is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Juilliard are $51,230 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 a year.

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Yale University

New Haven, CT

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Yale University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drama and theater arts schools in the United States. Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Yale are $45,700 per year.

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Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Boston U is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate drama and theater arts programs. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Columbia is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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Drama & Theater Arts by Region

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Middle Atlantic
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Great Lakes

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 6 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.

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