Finding the right Grad school is like finding the right person to spend the rest of your life with. What is right for John Doe is not right for you. 100 different individuals will have a 100 different right answers. I found the perfect match through
URTA. I've been a
USITT member since 1969 and also found many potential schools there as well. The match I found was perfect because of the personnel there at the time, my own past experience and
etc etc. Why was it so right?? Well, these names will probably be meaningless to you, but to many here they will be a who's who list of prominent educators of the 60's-70's. Frank Silberstien, Gary Giser, Richard Scammon, Oscar Brocket, Hubert Hefner.
The bottom
line is no one here can tell you which school is right for you. Visit, meet the faculty, check out the facility. Remember, the most modern facility with the best technology may not be the right set up for you. Maybe it is, but don't let bells and whistles make your choice.
When I was applying to grad schools, a certain school with "brand new" technology and "state of the art" rigging designed by an industry "star" offered me a full ride. Another school with a TD turned historian, a classical philosopher and costume designer extraordinaire, offered tuition waiver. I took the second and have never regretted it. In fact, 12 years later, I was hired to correct the problems created by the same Industry "star" when he designed a facility for the architect instead of the client.
None of us can tell you what is the "right" Grad School for you, we can only tell you our own personal experience and let you judge from there.