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Most Popular Schools for Musical Theatre Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the principles and techniques for integrating theatre, music, and dance into a unified production. Includes instruction in acting, dance, voice, technical theater, musical genres, piano, and history of musical theater.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Berklee College of Music 51 3% $65,144
2 New York Film Academy 37 4% $32,438
3 Roosevelt University 31 2% $48,655
4 Columbia College Chicago 27 2% $45,644
5 The New School 23 1% $71,361
6 Ithaca College 22 1% $62,757
7 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 21 0% $30,298
8 Pace University 21 1% $66,499
9 Elon University 17 1% $51,049
10 Syracuse University 17 0% $70,636
11 The University of the Arts 16 4% $67,741
12 SUNY at Fredonia 15 1% $23,902
13 Emerson College 14 1% $68,392
14 SUNY at Purchase College 13 1% $26,982
15 KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts 12 22% $16,993
16 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus 12 0% $29,097
17 Western Michigan University 12 0% $26,009
18 Shenandoah University 11 1% $47,000
19 The University of Tampa 11 1% $45,450
20 Nebraska Wesleyan University 11 2% $48,324
21 Webster University 11 0% $45,762
22 Texas State University 10 0% $23,130
23 American University 10 0% $66,268
24 Anderson University 9 1% $43,110
25 California State University-Chico 9 0% $24,624
26 Oakland University 9 0% $25,524
27 Manhattanville College 9 1% $55,690
28 Samford University 9 1% $47,863
29 Texas Christian University 8 0% $65,684
30 Central Michigan University 8 0% $24,889
31 Ouachita Baptist University 8 2% $38,770
32 Illinois Wesleyan University 8 2% $61,020
33 Carthage College 8 1% $59,240
34 Western Connecticut State University 7 1% $27,481
35 University at Buffalo 7 0% $27,758
36 Rockford University 7 2% $44,270
37 Indiana University-Bloomington 7 0% $24,779
38 West Texas A & M University 6 0% $21,285
39 SUNY Cortland 6 0% $25,220
40 Temple University 5 0% $33,004
41 University of Arizona 5 0% $29,217
42 Converse College 5 2% $34,230
43 Florida Southern College 5 1% $52,020
44 University of California-Irvine 5 0% $34,261
45 Sam Houston State University 5 0% $22,478
46 Otterbein University 5 1% $46,908
47 Stephens College 5 2% $45,401
48 Emory & Henry College 4 2% $50,800
49 Vanguard University of Southern California 4 1% $48,800
50 Lipscomb University 4 0% $49,546
51 Weber State University 4 0% $20,511
52 Messiah College 4 0% $49,280
53 Central Washington University 4 0% $23,201
54 Young Harris College 4 2% $43,389
55 Mars Hill University 3 1% $44,460
56 University of Alabama at Birmingham 3 0% $26,336
57 Reinhardt University 3 1% $40,700
58 Northern Vermont University 3 1% $25,424
59 University of Mobile 3 1% $39,380
60 North Central College 3 0% $52,728
61 West Virginia Wesleyan College 2 1% $46,561
62 Birmingham Southern College 2 1% $34,400
63 Brenau University 2 0% $45,518
64 Viterbo University 2 0% $40,530
65 Shawnee State University 2 0% $23,148
66 LaGrange College 2 1% $46,180
67 University of Central Missouri 2 0% $19,953
68 Lancaster Bible College 1 0% $37,370
69 Creighton University 1 0% $54,952
70 William Peace University 1 0% $46,130
71 University of Central Oklahoma 1 0% $24,091
72 McKendree University 1 0% $43,500
73 Casper College 1 0% $13,132
74 University of North Dakota 1 0% $22,091
75 SUNY College at Geneseo 1 0% $25,761
76 Taylor University 1 0% $47,228
77 Culver-Stockton College 1 0% $39,800

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Musical Theatre 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.