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Most Popular Schools for General Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the general study of dramatic works and their performance. Includes instruction in major works of dramatic literature, dramatic styles and types, and the principles of organizing and producing full live or filmed productions.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 New York University 399 3% $73,566
2 American Academy of Dramatic Arts-Los Angeles 135 100% $50,385
3 Florida State University 107 1% $22,168
4 Northwestern University 107 2% $74,649
5 Texas State University 92 1% $23,130
6 University of Central Florida 88 1% $22,548
7 California State University-Long Beach 87 1% $24,738
8 University of California-Los Angeles 86 1% $34,620
9 University of California-Irvine 78 1% $34,261
10 California State University-Fullerton 74 1% $27,738
11 San Diego State University 68 1% $29,318
12 Point Park University 68 6% $46,090
13 Kent State University at Kent 67 1% $25,886
14 Ball State University 66 1% $24,550
15 University of Northern Colorado 64 2% $25,494
16 Columbia University in the City of New York 64 1% $76,856
17 California State University-Northridge 60 1% $22,969
18 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 60 1% $21,297
19 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 58 0% $30,102
20 Savannah College of Art and Design 58 2% $57,443
21 Muhlenberg College 57 10% $67,535
22 Southern Oregon University 57 4% $27,510
23 Rutgers University-New Brunswick 57 0% $32,443
24 Montclair State University 56 1% $31,704
25 University of New Orleans 56 4% $25,223
26 University of Southern California 56 0% $74,825
27 Arizona State University-Tempe 55 0% $28,048
28 Emerson College 55 5% $68,392
29 Virginia Commonwealth University 54 1% $32,041
30 University of Florida 54 0% $21,211
31 SUNY at Purchase College 54 5% $26,982
32 Carnegie Mellon University 53 1% $72,283
33 Illinois State University 52 1% $29,758
34 University of Georgia 52 1% $26,688
35 University of North Texas 51 1% $24,712
36 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 50 0% $27,898
37 Northern Kentucky University 50 2% $23,244
38 James Madison University 45 1% $27,356
39 University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 45 2% $19,876
40 Wayne State University 44 1% $27,157
41 CUNY Brooklyn College 44 1% $8,604
42 The New School 44 2% $71,361
43 State University of New York at New Paltz 44 2% $25,641
44 Texas A & M University-Commerce 43 1% $22,983
45 Loyola Marymount University 43 2% $67,369
46 San Francisco State University 42 1% $27,480
47 University of Houston 42 0% $23,225
48 University of California-Santa Barbara 41 1% $36,659
49 Millikin University 40 9% $49,920
50 The University of Alabama 40 0% $29,872
51 Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi 39 2% $23,307
52 University of Utah 39 0% $24,472
53 University of Massachusetts-Amherst 39 0% $30,913
54 West Virginia University 38 1% $23,294
55 University of South Florida-Main Campus 37 0% $23,320
56 CUNY City College 37 1% $29,967
57 Eastern Michigan University 37 1% $26,196
58 East Carolina University 36 1% $21,672
59 Ohio State University-Main Campus 35 0% $27,367
60 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 35 0% $30,298
61 Michigan State University 34 0% $28,862
62 Sam Houston State University 34 1% $22,478
63 Stephen F Austin State University 34 1% $22,156
64 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 34 0% $26,834
65 University of Iowa 34 0% $24,239
66 Kennesaw State University 34 1% $25,773
67 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 33 1% $30,360
68 University of Notre Dame 33 1% $71,801
69 Western Washington University 33 1% $24,077
70 Regent University 33 2% $29,763
71 University of Memphis 32 1% $25,423
72 Cornish College of the Arts 32 27% $59,442
73 California State University-Los Angeles 31 0% $26,139
74 Wagner College 31 5% $64,382
75 Texas Tech University 31 0% $24,472
76 Florida International University 31 0% $23,506
77 University of North Carolina Wilmington 30 1% $24,982
78 University of Colorado Boulder 30 0% $31,044
79 CUNY Hunter College 30 1% $22,379
80 College of Charleston 30 1% $30,239
81 University of Southern Mississippi 30 1% $24,048
82 Missouri State University-Springfield 29 1% $21,782
83 DeSales University 29 4% $54,020
84 Hofstra University 29 1% $63,748
85 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus 29 1% $29,357
86 The University of Montana 29 1% $20,966
87 The University of Texas at Austin 29 0% $26,506
88 Rowan University 28 1% $32,099
89 Indiana University-Bloomington 28 0% $24,779
90 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville 28 0% $31,510
91 Portland State University 27 0% $26,085
92 California State University-San Bernardino 27 1% $23,878
93 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 27 1% $24,936
94 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus 27 0% $29,097
95 University of Maryland-College Park 27 0% $27,146
96 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27 0% $23,811
97 University of California-Santa Cruz 27 1% $36,217
98 Northern Illinois University 27 1% $29,117
99 Northwestern State University of Louisiana 26 1% $22,672
100 University of North Carolina School of the Arts 26 10% $22,112

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.