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2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$41,968 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,542 Avg Salary

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

Drama & Theater Arts is the #121 most popular major in Massachusetts with 58 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Drama & Theater Arts

Our analysis found University of Massachusetts Amherst to be the best value school for drama and theater arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Massachusetts. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Amherst are $16,251 per year.

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#2

Emerson College

Boston, MA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Emerson College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drama and theater arts schools in Massachusetts. Located in the city of Boston, Emerson is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Emerson graduate students pay an average of $31,910 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Boston University

Boston, MA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Boston University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drama and theater arts schools in Massachusetts. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Boston U graduate students pay an average of $59,418 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Boston U is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.

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#4

Tufts University

Medford, MA

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tufts are $55,216 per year.

Tufts also took the #3 spot in our Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts rankings.

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#5

Smith College

Northampton, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Smith College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Smith is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Northampton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Smith are $55,830 a year.

Full Drama & Theater Arts at Smith College Report

Berklee College of Music landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree drama and theater arts programs. Berklee College of Music is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Berklee College of Music graduate students pay an average of $47,047 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 28
Rhode Island 3
New Hampshire 0
Maine 0
Vermont 0

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 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.

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