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2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$42,267 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,542 Avg Salary

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

Drama & Theater Arts is the #94 most popular major in District of Columbia with 67 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

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 District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value master's 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.

2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Drama & Theater Arts

Our analysis found George Washington University to be the best value school for drama and theater arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in District of Columbia. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, GWU is ranked #2 for overall quality for theater in District of Columbia.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Catholic University of America helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drama and theater arts schools in District of Columbia. CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CUA are $51,630 a year.

CUA also made our Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #4.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 754
New York 2,542
Maryland 179
New Jersey 210

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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