2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts School for You

With 32 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, drama and theater arts is the #75 most popular major in South Dakota.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which 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 Schools in South Dakota

Check out the theater programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Drama & Theater Arts

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

12 Degrees

#8 in Quality in South Dakota

$9,432 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of South Dakota to be the best value school for drama and theater arts students who want to pursue a degree in South Dakota. Located in the distant town of Vermillion, USD is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USD are $9,432 per year.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at University of South Dakota

#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, SD

5 Degrees

#2 in Quality in South Dakota

$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Brookings.

South Dakota State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,299 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

South Dakota State also made our Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #2.

Full Drama & Theater Arts at South Dakota State University Report

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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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