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2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$33,847 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,799 Avg Salary

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

With 266 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, drama and theater arts is the #82 most popular major in New York.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New York to see which doctor'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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York

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

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Drama & Theater Arts

Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best value school in New York for drama and theater arts students working on their doctor’s degree. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the city of New York.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Graduate Center are $10,410 per year.

The Graduate Center not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list.

Full Drama & Theater Arts at The Graduate Center, CUNY Report

#2

New York University

New York, NY

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at New York University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drama and theater arts schools in New York. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NYU are $38,206 per year.

NYU also made our Best Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list, coming in at #5.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Columbia also did well on our Best Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 91
Maryland 9
New Jersey 22
District of Columbia 23

One of 9 majors within the area of study, drama and theater arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 3 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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