2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts 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 Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in District of Columbia

Check out the theater programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality in Drama & Theater Arts

#1

George Washington University

Washington, DC

17 Degrees

#2 in Quality in District of Columbia

$57,984 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for drama and theater arts students. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

GWU undergraduate students pay an average of $57,984 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

GWU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in District of Columbia list.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at George Washington University

#2

Catholic University of America

Washington, DC

6 Degrees

#4 in Quality in District of Columbia

$52,156 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Schools in District of Columbia list. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

CUA undergraduate students pay an average of $52,156 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, CUA is ranked #4 for overall quality for theater in District of Columbia.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Catholic University of America

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.

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.

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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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