2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree Schools in Missouri
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 56 degrees and certificates were awarded to drama and theater arts students who went to a Missouri college or university. This makes it the #78 most popular major in the state.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
The Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Missouri to see which master'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.
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2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for theater majors pursuing a master's degree.
Best Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Drama & Theater Arts
Our 2023 rankings named Lindenwood University the best value school in Missouri for drama and theater arts students working on their master’s degree. Lindenwood University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Saint Charles.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lindenwood University are $9,784 per year.
Out of the 5 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephens College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Stephens is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Columbia.
Stephens graduate students pay an average of $9,230 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Stephens not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri list.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great value for drama and theater arts students working on their master’s degree. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the city of Columbia.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $11,255 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Mizzou is ranked #4 for overall quality for theater in Missouri.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Missouri - Kansas City helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value drama and theater arts schools in Missouri. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public college with a large student population.
UMKC graduate students pay an average of $11,745 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
WUSTL graduate students pay an average of $58,288 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WUSTL is ranked #1 for overall quality for theater in Missouri.
Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region
Explore all the Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Minnesota | 11 |
Iowa | 30 |
Kansas | 4 |
Nebraska | 4 |
North Dakota | 0 |
South Dakota | 2 |
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Drama & Theater Arts Related Majors for Theater
One of 9 majors within the area of study, drama and theater arts has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 5 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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