Bachelor's degree · Visual and performing arts · CIP 50.05
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 775 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, together awarding 12,084 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $29,638 one year after finishing and $43,236 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $23,863 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft programs on one chart
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 161 of 757; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
| New York University New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 464 | $33,701 | $45,530 | $22,750 |
| American Musical and Dramatic Academy New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 213 | $26,244 | $35,522 | $27,000 |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles · Private nonprofit | CA | 208 | $28,161 | $47,853 | $18,897 |
| Texas State University San Marcos · Public | TX | 147 | $35,335 | $50,376 | $22,494 |
| Columbia College Chicago Chicago · Private nonprofit | IL | 142 | $27,894 | $44,873 | $26,500 |
| Marymount Manhattan College New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 134 | $31,917 | $45,780 | $26,000 |
| Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah · Private nonprofit | GA | 134 | $28,101 | $38,938 | $24,500 |
| Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles · Private nonprofit | CA | 128 | $26,193 | $53,445 | $18,875 |
| Emerson College Boston · Private nonprofit | MA | 123 | $33,442 | $49,171 | $26,000 |
| SUNY at Purchase College Purchase · Public | NY | 121 | $27,404 | $47,227 | $19,500 |
| New York Film Academy Burbank · Private for-profit | CA | 103 | $22,030 | $33,941 | $27,000 |
| Northwestern University Evanston · Private nonprofit | IL | 91 | $38,299 | $44,567 | $20,000 |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston Salem · Public | NC | 91 | $37,888 | $49,795 | $27,000 |
| Chapman University Orange · Private nonprofit | CA | 90 | $26,203 | $46,890 | $22,375 |
| DePaul University Chicago · Private nonprofit | IL | 90 | $30,136 | $52,409 | $23,000 |
| Pace University New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 85 | $32,708 | $43,815 | $26,000 |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine · Public | CA | 81 | $27,442 | $44,714 | $12,000 |
| Los Angeles Film School Hollywood · Private for-profit | CA | 78 | n/a | n/a | $51,250 |
| Muhlenberg College Allentown · Private nonprofit | PA | 78 | $34,429 | $45,054 | $27,000 |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach · Public | CA | 76 | $30,328 | $38,018 | $15,000 |
| Syracuse University Syracuse · Private nonprofit | NY | 73 | $31,467 | $49,455 | $23,250 |
| California State University-Fullerton Fullerton · Public | CA | 72 | $23,349 | $50,343 | $14,792 |
| Point Park University Pittsburgh · Private nonprofit | PA | 71 | $28,113 | $41,839 | n/a |
| Temple University Philadelphia · Public | PA | 71 | $26,778 | $40,316 | $27,000 |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro · Public | NC | 71 | $28,624 | $41,843 | $24,480 |
| University of Central Florida Orlando · Public | FL | 69 | $30,871 | $45,122 | $18,776 |
| University of North Texas Denton · Public | TX | 69 | $31,638 | $44,403 | $21,940 |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla · Public | CA | 68 | $30,971 | $48,421 | $15,000 |
| Florida State University Tallahassee · Public | FL | 66 | $26,612 | $47,128 | $11,501 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 66 | $33,942 | $48,815 | $20,500 |
| Long Island University Brookville · Private nonprofit | NY | 65 | $24,707 | n/a | $26,000 |
| Ithaca College Ithaca · Private nonprofit | NY | 64 | $32,918 | $50,156 | $23,863 |
| The New School New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 64 | $33,299 | $39,686 | $24,937 |
| Berklee College of Music Boston · Private nonprofit | MA | 63 | $30,651 | n/a | $25,000 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 63 | $25,578 | $46,048 | $13,422 |
| Ball State University Muncie · Public | IN | 62 | $29,486 | $44,084 | $22,800 |
| Illinois State University Normal · Public | IL | 62 | $34,913 | $44,438 | $23,375 |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas · Public | NV | 62 | $38,318 | $43,764 | $20,633 |
| Montclair State University Montclair · Public | NJ | 61 | $34,873 | $44,175 | $23,000 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond · Public | VA | 61 | $28,887 | $47,141 | $21,500 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin · Public | TX | 60 | $42,332 | $59,937 | $22,491 |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City · Public | UT | 60 | n/a | $41,524 | $17,500 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 59 | $27,237 | $49,958 | $14,552 |
| Boston University Boston · Private nonprofit | MA | 58 | $37,373 | $47,227 | $20,500 |
| James Madison University Harrisonburg · Public | VA | 56 | $28,206 | $46,509 | $20,800 |
| Kent State University at Kent Kent · Public | OH | 55 | $30,064 | $41,331 | $25,000 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 51 | $36,150 | $41,116 | $22,875 |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati · Public | OH | 51 | $37,117 | $54,042 | $22,500 |
| Roosevelt University Chicago · Private nonprofit | IL | 50 | $28,663 | $41,017 | $26,000 |
| San Diego State University San Diego · Public | CA | 49 | $27,400 | $42,439 | $17,500 |
Quick facts: Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft?
- The College Scorecard lists 775 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.
- How much do Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $29,638 one year after graduation (240 institutions reporting) and $43,236 five years after graduation (233 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: University of Notre Dame ($77,004), Pepperdine University ($67,409), University of California-Berkeley ($63,236), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ($60,956), and Brown University ($60,630).
- How much student debt do Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft graduates have?
- The median institution's Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft graduates leave with $23,863 in federal student loans (195 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: New York University (464), American Musical and Dramatic Academy (213), University of Southern California (208), Texas State University (147), and Columbia College Chicago (142).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (CIP code 50.05), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.