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2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Schools in New Jersey

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$14,493 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,105 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts School for You

With 22 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, drama and theater arts is the #102 most popular major in New Jersey.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

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 Schools in New Jersey ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New Jersey to see which 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.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Schools in New Jersey

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

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality in Drama & Theater Arts

#1

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ
$13,298 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Montclair State University the best value school in New Jersey for drama and theater arts students. Located in the large suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Montclair State are $13,298 a year.

Full Drama & Theater Arts at Montclair State University Report

#2

Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ
$14,376 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rowan University is a great value for drama and theater arts students. Rowan is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Glassboro.

Rowan undergraduate students pay an average of $14,376 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$15,804 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Schools in New Jersey list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public school located in the city of New Brunswick.

Rutgers New Brunswick undergraduate students pay an average of $15,804 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Drama & Theater Arts at Rutgers University - New Brunswick 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
District of Columbia 23

Drama & Theater Arts is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

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 3 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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