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2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$33,414 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,799 Avg Salary

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, drama and theater arts was ranked #107 in the country. In fact 1,699 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for theater students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Drama & Theater Arts

Our analysis found Bowling Green State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for drama and theater arts students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . BGSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Bowling Green.

BGSU graduate students pay an average of $15,823 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Drama & Theater Arts at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW - Madison also did well on our Best Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Drama & Theater Arts at University of Wisconsin - Madison Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UIUC graduate students pay an average of $30,862 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UIUC also is in the top 10% of our Best Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Bloomington is a great value for drama and theater arts students working on their doctor’s degree. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

IU Bloomington graduate students pay an average of $33,352 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Drama & Theater Arts at Indiana University - Bloomington Report

#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northwestern is ranked #1 for overall quality for theater in the Great Lakes Region .

Full Drama & Theater Arts at Northwestern University Report

Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for drama and theater arts students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ohio State are $38,377 per year.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Ohio State University - Main Campus

Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best drama and theater arts colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 27
Illinois 106
Ohio 61
Indiana 18
Wisconsin 3

Drama & Theater Arts is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music 7,675
Fine & Studio Arts 3,224
Design & Applied Arts 1,979
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 1,704
Arts & Media Management 1,184

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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