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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 #101 most popular major in District of Columbia with 23 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this 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 2023 rankings named George Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for drama and theater arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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

GWU also made our Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #2.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Catholic University of America is a great value for drama and theater arts students working on their master’s degree. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CUA are $51,630 per year.

CUA also took the #4 spot in our Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

Full Drama & Theater Arts at Catholic University of America Report

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
New York 266
Pennsylvania 91
Maryland 9
New Jersey 22

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

Majors Similar to Theater

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 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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