2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree School for You
Drama & Theater Arts is the #60 most popular major in the country with 17,341 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in the New England Region 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Drama & Theater Arts
Our 2023 rankings named Emerson College the best value school in the New England Region for drama and theater arts students working on their master’s degree. Emerson is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
Emerson graduate students pay an average of $31,910 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Emerson also is in the top 20% of our Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 per year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Yale University is a great value for drama and theater arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Yale are $45,700 per year.
Yale also made our Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #4.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Massachusetts Amherst helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drama and theater arts schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Amherst are $32,809 per year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Boston University is a great value for drama and theater arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Boston U graduate students pay an average of $59,418 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Boston U also did well on our Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Tufts University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree drama and theater arts programs. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Tufts are $55,216 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Tufts is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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Brown University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Brown is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.
Brown graduate students pay an average of $62,083 in tuition and fees each year.
Brown also made our Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #3.
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Smith College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for drama and theater arts students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Northampton, Smith is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Smith are $55,830 a year.
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Berklee College of Music ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Boston, Berklee College of Music is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Berklee College of Music are $47,047 per year.
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Request InformationBest Drama & Theater Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best drama and theater arts schools for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 570 |
| Connecticut | 189 |
| New Hampshire | 49 |
| Maine | 36 |
| Rhode Island | 82 |
| Vermont | 52 |
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Majors Related to Theater
Drama & Theater Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 9 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).
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