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2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$14,941 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,542 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 230 degrees and certificates were awarded to drama and theater arts students who went to a Washington college or university. This makes it the #78 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Washington to see which master'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.

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.

2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for theater majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Drama & Theater Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Central Washington University the best value school in Washington for drama and theater arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CWU are $12,127 per year.

Full Drama & Theater Arts at Central Washington University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UW Seattle are $17,754 a year.

UW Seattle also took the #3 spot in our Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Washington rankings.

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Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 2,820
Oregon 176
Nevada 82
Hawaii 20
Alaska 13

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

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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