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Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft

Pay figures are each school's median earnings five years after graduation for THIS major (College Scorecard). The spread is real: where you study it changes what it pays. Click a column to sort.

665
schools offer it
9,552
grads per year
$35,442
median pay 5 yrs out
$30,913-$40,814
typical range

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SchoolDiv StateGrads/yr Median pay 5 yrs out
New York UniversityD3NY421$31,599
Texas State UniversityD1TX168$40,459
Purchase College, State University of New YorkD3NY139$42,645
Loyola Marymount UniversityD1CA121$46,410
Muhlenberg CollegeD3PA106$37,505
Chapman UniversityD3CA105$44,595
Emerson CollegeD3MA102$33,947
DePaul UniversityD1IL100$33,700
California State University, FullertonD1CA99$34,683
Northwestern UniversityD1IL89$47,619
University of Central FloridaD1FL82$34,631
Long Beach State UniversityD1CA80$26,450
Florida State UniversityD1FL75$32,238
Ball State UniversityD1IN72$32,171
Montclair State UniversityD3NJ68$35,768
The University of North Carolina at GreensboroD1NC65$30,986
Carnegie Mellon UniversityD3PA64$26,137
University of California, Los AngelesD1CA63$28,993
University of California, San DiegoD1CA63$39,424
Long Island UniversityD1NY63$43,904
James Madison UniversityD1VA63$30,339
University of Notre DameD1IN61$62,555
Syracuse UniversityD1NY61$41,457
Pace UniversityD2NY59$27,786
University of Texas at AustinD1TX57$48,781
Illinois State UniversityD1IL56$39,893
University of IowaD1IA55$42,847
Ithaca CollegeD3NY55$38,424
Kent State UniversityD1OH55$30,381
University of FloridaD1FL54$35,412
University of MichiganD1MI54$29,295
The State University of New York at FredoniaD3NY54$35,448
Point Park UniversityD2PA54$27,333
University of Northern ColoradoD1CO53$31,299
Roosevelt UniversityD2IL52$15,396
Boston UniversityD1MA51$35,979
University of Nevada, Las VegasD1NV50$38,242
Sam Houston State UniversityD1TX50$42,548
San Diego State UniversityD1CA49$28,363
Shenandoah UniversityD3VA49$29,435
Northern Kentucky UniversityD1KY48$30,382
Coastal Carolina UniversityD1SC47$30,787
University of UtahD1UT47$49,802
Western Washington UniversityD2WA47$32,409
California State University, NorthridgeD1CA46$33,395
University of North TexasD1TX46$40,282
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New BrunswickD1NJ45$42,712
Ohio UniversityD1OH43$35,540
University of OklahomaD1OK43$28,352
Millikin UniversityD3IL42$35,442
Towson UniversityD1MD42$34,983
Wagner CollegeD1NY42$28,580
University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesD1MN41$33,470
Elon UniversityD1NC40$43,297
University of ArizonaD1AZ38$29,220
San Francisco State UniversityD2CA38$31,222
University of Maryland, College ParkD1MD38$38,656
University of Texas at ArlingtonD1TX38$36,457
Arizona State UniversityD1AZ37$33,590
Hofstra UniversityD1NY37$28,590
Indiana University, BloomingtonD1IN36$35,778
Western Michigan UniversityD1MI36$27,085
Stephen F. Austin State UniversityD1TX36$43,334
State University of New York at New PaltzD3NY35$23,543
Brigham Young UniversityD1UT35$37,754
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityD1VA35$35,675
Fordham UniversityD1NY34$43,045
Molloy UniversityD2NY34$34,822
George Mason UniversityD1VA34$45,656
University of California, Santa BarbaraD1CA33$44,106
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityD3IL33$30,435
Northern Illinois UniversityD1IL33$38,201
University of AlabamaD1AL32$27,525
California State University, San BernardinoD2CA32$40,118
Western Connecticut State UniversityD3CT32$28,374
DeSales UniversityD3PA32$34,759
Pennsylvania State UniversityD1PA32$33,750
California State University, SacramentoD1CA31$34,162
Florida International UniversityD1FL31$30,242
Dean CollegeD3MA31$29,006
Kennesaw State UniversityD1GA31$28,021
University of California, BerkeleyD1CA30$55,555
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignD1IL30$38,862
Western Carolina UniversityD1NC30$35,165
Baylor UniversityD1TX30$36,480
University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointD3WI30$32,607
Florida Southern CollegeD2FL29$51,925
Webster UniversityD3MO29$36,285
Rowan UniversityD3NJ29$22,828
Nazareth UniversityD3NY29$24,533
Appalachian State UniversityD1NC29$28,084
Hunter CollegeD3NY28n/a
University at Buffalo, the State University of New YorkD1NY28$37,364
The University of North Carolina at CharlotteD1NC28$39,725
Columbus State UniversityD2GA27$28,203
University of HoustonD1TX27$42,301
Liberty UniversityD1VA27n/a
University of Alabama at BirminghamD1AL26$37,173
University of Illinois ChicagoD1IL26$33,133
The University of Southern MississippiD1MS26$30,864
Missouri State UniversityD1MO26$37,897
University of MontanaD1MT26$30,513
Queens College (New York)D2NY26$47,566
University of Central OklahomaD2OK26$38,914
Utah Valley UniversityD1UT26$40,910
Louisiana State UniversityD1LA25$38,130
Northwestern State UniversityD1LA25$33,722
Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityD3NE25$45,420
East Carolina UniversityD1NC25$41,394
Baldwin Wallace UniversityD3OH25$30,751
University of MemphisD1TN25$25,644
University of ConnecticutD1CT24$29,845
Michigan State UniversityD1MI24$34,587
University of Rhode IslandD1RI24$33,972
College of Charleston (South Carolina)D1SC24$39,880
Utah State UniversityD1UT24$39,901
University of MontevalloD2AL23$33,007
California State University, FresnoD1CA23$30,004
Florida Atlantic UniversityD1FL23$20,673
University of North Carolina, Chapel HillD1NC23$41,362