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2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

25 Colleges
$26,081 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,542 Avg Salary

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

Drama & Theater Arts is the #107 most popular major in the country with 1,699 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 25 schools in the Southeast Region 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Top 10 Best Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern Mississippi the best value school in the Southeast Region for drama and theater arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southern Miss are $11,204 per year.

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#2

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Regent University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drama and theater arts schools in the Southeast Region . Regent is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Virginia Beach.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Regent are $17,190 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi University for Women. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. MUW is a small public school located in the remote town of Columbus.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MUW are $7,756 per year.

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#4

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Virginia Tech are $31,443 a year.

Virginia Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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Out of the 25 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina School of the Arts landed the # 5 spot on the list. UNCSA is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNCSA are $26,343 per year.

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#6

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

University of Arkansas landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree drama and theater arts programs. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public school with a very large student population.

UARK graduate students pay an average of $22,563 in tuition and fees each year.

UARK also claimed a spot on our Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#7

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

With a ranking of #7, University of Georgia did quite well on this year’s best value schools for drama and theater arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UGA are $27,464 per year.

UGA also claimed a spot on our Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#8

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

University of New Orleans did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for drama and theater arts students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UNO is a medium-sized public school located in the city of New Orleans.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNO are $13,678 per year.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a very large student population.

University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $33,520 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of Virginia is ranked #3 for overall quality for theater in the Southeast Region .

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#10

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

University of Memphis came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a very large student population.

UofM graduate students pay an average of $14,544 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 81
Florida 63
Georgia 60
North Carolina 26
Tennessee 10
Kentucky 4
Louisiana 15
Alabama 14
South Carolina 14
Mississippi 13
Arkansas 4
West Virginia 5

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 25 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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