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Best Schools for Theater & Drama in 2026

270 schools ranked by DegreeWorth Score · Updated 2026

These are the top schools offering Theater & Drama, ranked by DegreeWorth Score. The score combines graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and return on tuition investment. The average Theater & Drama graduate earns $21,147/yr across 270 schools.

Programs Ranked

270

Avg Earnings

$21,147/yr

Avg DW Score

38/100

AI Risk

Moderate

38% task exposure

All Theater & Drama Programs Ranked

Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.

#	Program	DW Score	Earnings	AI Risk	ROI
1	Theater & Drama Southern Utah University · Cedar City, UT	52 47–56	$27,335/yr	Moderate	16.9x
2	Theater & Drama Western Carolina University · Cullowhee, NC	52 47–54	$21,824/yr	Moderate	18.4x
3	Theater & Drama Utah Valley University · Orem, UT	50 44–53	$23,896/yr	Moderate	15.3x
4	Theater & Drama University of South Florida · Tampa, FL	48 45–50	$24,732/yr	Moderate	13.0x
5	Theater & Drama CUNY Queens College · Queens, NY	44 33–55	$11,604/yr	Moderate	14.8x
6	Theater & Drama University of Central Florida · Orlando, FL	48 44–49	$23,708/yr	Moderate	12.6x
7	Theater & Drama Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	47 41–51	$21,047/yr	Moderate	13.5x
8	Theater & Drama University of Wisconsin-Whitewater · Whitewater, WI	46 41–50	$24,412/yr	Moderate	12.3x
9	Theater & Drama Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL	46 41–50	$18,431/yr	Moderate	13.2x
10	Theater & Drama University of Florida · Gainesville, FL	44 37–51	$16,318/yr	Moderate	12.9x
11	Theater & Drama University of West Florida · Pensacola, FL	47 44–48	$23,852/yr	Moderate	11.8x
12	Theater & Drama Ohio University-Eastern Campus · Saint Clairsville, OH	44 37–52	$15,602/yr	Moderate	13.4x
13	Theater & Drama Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus · Chillicothe, OH	44 37–52	$15,602/yr	Moderate	13.4x
14	Theater & Drama Ohio University-Southern Campus · Ironton, OH	44 37–52	$15,602/yr	Moderate	13.4x
15	Theater & Drama Ohio University-Lancaster Campus · Lancaster, OH	44 37–52	$15,602/yr	Moderate	13.4x
16	Theater & Drama Ohio University-Zanesville Campus · Zanesville, OH	44 37–52	$15,602/yr	Moderate	13.4x
17	Theater & Drama Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · Blacksburg, VA	48 46–49	$36,557/yr	Moderate	4.8x
18	Theater & Drama CUNY Brooklyn College · Brooklyn, NY	45 39–50	$20,645/yr	Moderate	12.1x
19	Theater & Drama Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania · Slippery Rock, PA	48 47–48	$33,169/yr	Moderate	6.9x
20	Theater & Drama University of South Dakota · Vermillion, SD	51 49–50	$33,852/yr	Moderate	6.5x
21	Theater & Drama Stephen F Austin State University · Nacogdoches, TX	46 43–48	$29,945/yr	Moderate	9.2x
22	Theater & Drama California State University-Fullerton · Fullerton, CA	43 37–48	$18,182/yr	Moderate	11.3x
23	Theater & Drama University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus · Denver, CO	42 35–50	$19,966/yr	Moderate	11.0x
24	Theater & Drama Columbus State University · Columbus, GA	45 41–47	$18,769/yr	Moderate	11.3x
25	Theater & Drama The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX	47 45–48	$33,261/yr	Moderate	6.1x
26	Theater & Drama West Texas A & M University · Canyon, TX	44 40–47	$25,036/yr	Moderate	10.2x
27	Theater & Drama Kennesaw State University · Kennesaw, GA	46 43–46	$21,556/yr	Moderate	11.1x
28	Theater & Drama California State University-Northridge · Northridge, CA	42 37–48	$17,524/yr	Moderate	10.8x
29	Theater & Drama California State University-Sacramento · Sacramento, CA	44 40–46	$23,000/yr	Moderate	10.2x
30	Theater & Drama Florida International University · Miami, FL	44 40–46	$20,113/yr	Moderate	10.5x
31	Theater & Drama University of Northern Iowa · Cedar Falls, IA	42 37–47	$22,289/yr	Moderate	9.7x
32	Theater & Drama SUNY College at Potsdam · Potsdam, NY	43 38–47	$22,873/yr	Moderate	10.4x
33	Theater & Drama SUNY at Purchase College · Purchase, NY	42 35–50	$18,090/yr	Moderate	10.9x
34	Theater & Drama Kent State University at Trumbull · Warren, OH	45 43–45	$24,565/yr	Moderate	9.4x
35	Theater & Drama University of North Texas · Denton, TX	44 40–45	$28,236/yr	Moderate	8.0x
36	Theater & Drama Sam Houston State University · Huntsville, TX	43 37–48	$21,858/yr	Moderate	10.5x
37	Theater & Drama Utah State University · Logan, UT	43 38–46	$23,341/yr	Moderate	9.8x
38	Theater & Drama California State University-Dominguez Hills · Carson, CA	46 44–45	$25,920/yr	Moderate	8.2x
39	Theater & Drama California State University-Fresno · Fresno, CA	42 37–45	$18,082/yr	Moderate	9.7x
40	Theater & Drama San Francisco State University · San Francisco, CA	44 41–45	$23,004/yr	Moderate	9.5x
41	Theater & Drama Metropolitan State University of Denver · Denver, CO	44 41–45	$28,901/yr	Moderate	7.1x
42	Theater & Drama University of Central Missouri · Warrensburg, MO	41 34–47	$18,403/yr	Moderate	9.7x
43	Theater & Drama Missouri State University-Springfield · Springfield, MO	42 38–46	$22,369/yr	Moderate	9.5x
44	Theater & Drama University of Nebraska-Lincoln · Lincoln, NE	41 36–47	$21,627/yr	Moderate	9.5x
45	Theater & Drama University of Nevada-Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV	42 38–46	$22,429/yr	Moderate	9.5x
46	Theater & Drama New Mexico State University-Main Campus · Las Cruces, NM	41 36–47	$17,980/yr	Moderate	10.0x
47	Theater & Drama CUNY New York City College of Technology · Brooklyn, NY	41 35–48	$14,799/yr	Moderate	10.4x
48	Theater & Drama Ohio State University-Lima Campus · Lima, OH	43 39–46	$23,920/yr	Moderate	9.3x
49	Theater & Drama Portland State University · Portland, OR	42 38–45	$25,352/yr	Moderate	8.4x
50	Theater & Drama Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi · Corpus Christi, TX	43 39–45	$25,050/yr	Moderate	8.4x
51	Theater & Drama University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY	46 45–46	$26,053/yr	Moderate	8.4x
52	Theater & Drama Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ	41 35–46	$23,043/yr	Moderate	8.7x
53	Theater & Drama University of Arkansas · Fayetteville, AR	42 39–44	$25,499/yr	Moderate	7.8x
54	Theater & Drama University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA	41 36–45	$22,225/yr	Moderate	8.8x
55	Theater & Drama University of New Orleans · New Orleans, LA	41 37–45	$21,504/yr	Moderate	8.8x
56	Theater & Drama University at Buffalo · Buffalo, NY	42 39–44	$25,810/yr	Moderate	7.7x
57	Theater & Drama SUNY at Fredonia · Fredonia, NY	41 36–45	$20,453/yr	Moderate	9.1x
58	Theater & Drama University of North Carolina at Greensboro · Greensboro, NC	41 36–45	$18,154/yr	Moderate	9.2x
59	Theater & Drama University of North Carolina Wilmington · Wilmington, NC	42 39–43	$20,450/yr	Moderate	8.6x
60	Theater & Drama Texas State University · San Marcos, TX	42 38–44	$26,045/yr	Moderate	7.8x
61	Theater & Drama Central Washington University · Ellensburg, WA	42 39–43	$24,674/yr	Moderate	8.0x
62	Theater & Drama University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL	43 42–44	$26,670/yr	Moderate	6.5x
63	Theater & Drama California State University-Long Beach · Long Beach, CA	41 38–43	$19,231/yr	Moderate	8.4x
64	Theater & Drama Saint Mary's College of California · Moraga, CA	42 38–43	$38,160/yr	Moderate	0.7x
65	Theater & Drama Florida Atlantic University · Boca Raton, FL	44 43–44	$18,452/yr	Moderate	8.5x
66	Theater & Drama Illinois State University · Normal, IL	42 38–43	$28,958/yr	Moderate	5.2x
67	Theater & Drama Southern Illinois University-Carbondale · Carbondale, IL	41 37–42	$27,004/yr	Moderate	5.6x
68	Theater & Drama University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN	41 37–43	$37,531/yr	Moderate	1.5x
69	Theater & Drama Northwestern State University of Louisiana · Natchitoches, LA	40 34–44	$16,973/yr	Moderate	8.5x
70	Theater & Drama Missouri Western State University · Saint Joseph, MO	43 41–43	$26,929/yr	Moderate	5.9x
71	Theater & Drama CUNY Hunter College · New York, NY	44 43–44	$25,059/yr	Moderate	7.5x
72	Theater & Drama SUNY Buffalo State University · Buffalo, NY	40 36–43	$19,608/yr	Moderate	8.0x
73	Theater & Drama Appalachian State University · Boone, NC	41 38–43	$20,256/yr	Moderate	8.3x
74	Theater & Drama University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC	43 41–43	$26,457/yr	Moderate	6.4x
75	Theater & Drama University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus · Norman, OK	42 41–43	$26,753/yr	Moderate	6.4x
76	Theater & Drama Rhode Island College · Providence, RI	41 37–43	$24,526/yr	Moderate	7.4x
77	Theater & Drama Texas Tech University · Lubbock, TX	43 40–44	$28,933/yr	Moderate	5.1x
78	Theater & Drama University of Washington-Seattle Campus · Seattle, WA	40 35–44	$22,778/yr	Moderate	7.9x
79	Theater & Drama Western Washington University · Bellingham, WA	42 39–43	$24,258/yr	Moderate	7.7x
80	Theater & Drama University of Wisconsin-Parkside · Kenosha, WI	44 42–43	$25,306/yr	Moderate	7.1x
81	Theater & Drama University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI	40 35–43	$20,455/yr	Moderate	7.8x
82	Theater & Drama University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point · Stevens Point, WI	41 37–43	$20,903/yr	Moderate	8.2x
83	Theater & Drama Arizona State University Campus Immersion · Tempe, AZ	40 37–42	$25,301/yr	Moderate	6.0x
84	Theater & Drama San Diego State University · San Diego, CA	40 37–42	$20,538/yr	Moderate	7.6x
85	Theater & Drama University of Colorado Boulder · Boulder, CO	43 41–45	$32,142/yr	Moderate	2.8x
86	Theater & Drama Colorado State University-Fort Collins · Fort Collins, CO	41 39–43	$28,172/yr	Moderate	4.5x
87	Theater & Drama Colorado Mesa University · Grand Junction, CO	40 36–42	$21,173/yr	Moderate	7.4x
88	Theater & Drama University of Northern Colorado · Greeley, CO	40 37–41	$24,761/yr	Moderate	5.5x
89	Theater & Drama Georgia Southern University · Statesboro, GA	41 38–41	$16,586/yr	Moderate	7.6x
90	Theater & Drama Brigham Young University-Idaho · Rexburg, ID	43 42–43	$16,587/yr	Moderate	7.9x
91	Theater & Drama Northern Illinois University · Dekalb, IL	40 35–42	$23,517/yr	Moderate	6.5x
92	Theater & Drama Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville · Edwardsville, IL	38 32–46	$16,892/yr	Moderate	8.0x
93	Theater & Drama Ball State University · Muncie, IN	40 37–42	$23,748/yr	Moderate	6.5x
94	Theater & Drama University of Southern Indiana · Evansville, IN	42 40–43	$27,010/yr	Moderate	4.8x
95	Theater & Drama Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College · Baton Rouge, LA	39 34–42	$20,290/yr	Moderate	7.0x
96	Theater & Drama University of Maryland-College Park · College Park, MD	39 33–43	$17,985/yr	Moderate	7.4x
97	Theater & Drama Minnesota State University-Mankato · Mankato, MN	41 39–42	$24,671/yr	Moderate	6.3x
98	Theater & Drama University of Minnesota-Duluth · Duluth, MN	40 37–42	$26,751/yr	Moderate	5.2x
99	Theater & Drama University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	40 36–42	$17,964/yr	Moderate	7.8x
100	Theater & Drama CUNY City College · New York, NY	39 35–42	$15,098/yr	Moderate	7.6x
101	Theater & Drama North Carolina A & T State University · Greensboro, NC	42 40–42	$20,996/yr	Moderate	6.8x
102	Theater & Drama University of North Carolina School of the Arts · Winston Salem, NC	40 36–43	$21,229/yr	Moderate	7.6x
103	Theater & Drama University of Cincinnati-Main Campus · Cincinnati, OH	40 36–42	$25,070/yr	Moderate	5.5x
104	Theater & Drama Ohio State University-Main Campus · Columbus, OH	40 36–42	$23,920/yr	Moderate	6.4x
105	Theater & Drama University of Oregon · Eugene, OR	39 35–42	$25,264/yr	Moderate	5.6x
106	Theater & Drama College of Charleston · Charleston, SC	39 34–42	$21,645/yr	Moderate	6.7x
107	Theater & Drama The University of Texas at Arlington · Arlington, TX	41 38–42	$26,474/yr	Moderate	4.6x
108	Theater & Drama University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ	40 37–41	$26,048/yr	Moderate	4.4x
109	Theater & Drama University of California-Davis · Davis, CA	38 32–42	$19,398/yr	Moderate	6.0x
110	Theater & Drama Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University · Tallahassee, FL	40 39–41	$16,695/yr	Moderate	6.2x
111	Theater & Drama University of Idaho · Moscow, ID	39 36–40	$19,880/yr	Moderate	5.9x
112	Theater & Drama Indiana University-Bloomington · Bloomington, IN	39 34–42	$20,815/yr	Moderate	6.6x
113	Theater & Drama University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY	38 34–41	$20,937/yr	Moderate	5.6x
114	Theater & Drama Northern Kentucky University · Highland Heights, KY	38 34–41	$19,929/yr	Moderate	6.0x
115	Theater & Drama Towson University · Towson, MD	39 34–42	$19,871/yr	Moderate	6.7x
116	Theater & Drama State University of New York at New Paltz · New Paltz, NY	40 38–41	$21,800/yr	Moderate	5.9x
117	Theater & Drama East Carolina University · Greenville, NC	41 40–41	$21,295/yr	Moderate	6.2x
118	Theater & Drama Kent State University at Kent · Kent, OH	39 36–41	$24,565/yr	Moderate	4.9x
119	Theater & Drama Wright State University-Main Campus · Dayton, OH	38 34–41	$18,666/yr	Moderate	6.2x
120	Theater & Drama Youngstown State University · Youngstown, OH	40 38–41	$24,933/yr	Moderate	4.8x
121	Theater & Drama Oklahoma State University-Main Campus · Stillwater, OK	41 38–41	$24,871/yr	Moderate	5.1x
122	Theater & Drama The University of Tennessee-Knoxville · Knoxville, TN	38 34–41	$21,189/yr	Moderate	5.6x
123	Theater & Drama James Madison University · Harrisonburg, VA	39 35–40	$24,306/yr	Moderate	4.6x
124	Theater & Drama University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras · San Juan, PR	38 32–43	$7,652/yr	Moderate	7.3x
125	Theater & Drama The University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL	38 34–39	$19,543/yr	Moderate	4.8x
126	Theater & Drama California State University-Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA	39 36–40	$16,645/yr	Moderate	5.1x
127	Theater & Drama University of California-San Diego · La Jolla, CA	37 31–41	$18,026/yr	Moderate	5.5x
128	Theater & Drama University of California-Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA	38 33–40	$21,638/yr	Moderate	5.1x
129	Theater & Drama Western Connecticut State University · Danbury, CT	39 36–40	$24,150/yr	Moderate	4.6x
130	Theater & Drama University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL	38 33–41	$22,159/yr	Moderate	5.1x
131	Theater & Drama Central Michigan University · Mount Pleasant, MI	37 32–41	$17,962/yr	Moderate	5.5x
132	Theater & Drama Wayne State University · Detroit, MI	37 32–40	$18,750/yr	Moderate	4.8x
133	Theater & Drama Montclair State University · Montclair, NJ	37 32–40	$18,474/yr	Moderate	5.1x
134	Theater & Drama University of North Carolina at Charlotte · Charlotte, NC	39 37–40	$18,052/yr	Moderate	5.3x
135	Theater & Drama Bowling Green State University-Main Campus · Bowling Green, OH	38 34–40	$21,900/yr	Moderate	4.6x
136	Theater & Drama Ohio University-Main Campus · Athens, OH	37 31–41	$15,602/yr	Moderate	5.5x
137	Theater & Drama Susquehanna University · Selinsgrove, PA	30 26–32	$20,259/yr	Moderate	-0.1x
138	Theater & Drama Coastal Carolina University · Conway, SC	37 33–40	$16,862/yr	Moderate	5.6x
139	Theater & Drama University of Memphis · Memphis, TN	38 34–40	$19,055/yr	Moderate	5.2x
140	Theater & Drama The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · Edinburg, TX	38 33–41	$16,706/yr	Moderate	6.2x
141	Theater & Drama University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	39 36–40	$20,701/yr	Moderate	4.6x
142	Theater & Drama Radford University · Radford, VA	38 34–40	$20,666/yr	Moderate	5.2x
143	Theater & Drama University of California-Irvine · Irvine, CA	37 33–38	$20,461/yr	Moderate	3.8x
144	Theater & Drama University of California-Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA	37 33–39	$19,673/yr	Moderate	4.3x
145	Theater & Drama University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL	30 26–32	$16,561/yr	Moderate	-0.3x
146	Theater & Drama University of West Georgia · Carrollton, GA	38 35–39	$13,357/yr	Moderate	4.6x
147	Theater & Drama University of Illinois Chicago · Chicago, IL	36 30–40	$14,938/yr	Moderate	4.8x
148	Theater & Drama Western Kentucky University · Bowling Green, KY	39 36–40	$22,884/yr	Moderate	4.0x
149	Theater & Drama Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI	36 31–40	$17,328/yr	Moderate	4.4x
150	Theater & Drama Oakland University · Rochester Hills, MI	36 30–39	$15,579/yr	Moderate	4.4x
151	Theater & Drama University of Minnesota-Twin Cities · Minneapolis, MN	36 32–39	$19,982/yr	Moderate	4.1x
152	Theater & Drama Lindenwood University · Saint Charles, MO	37 33–39	$25,083/yr	Moderate	3.4x
153	Theater & Drama University of New Hampshire-Main Campus · Durham, NH	37 33–38	$24,830/yr	Moderate	3.1x
154	Theater & Drama Drew University · Madison, NJ	30 25–32	$13,710/yr	Moderate	-0.2x
155	Theater & Drama Ramapo College of New Jersey · Mahwah, NJ	36 29–41	$15,372/yr	Moderate	5.0x
156	Theater & Drama Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY	30 26–32	$16,417/yr	Moderate	-0.4x
157	Theater & Drama SUNY Oneonta · Oneonta, NY	38 35–39	$18,740/yr	Moderate	4.3x
158	Theater & Drama State University of New York at Oswego · Oswego, NY	39 36–40	$19,673/yr	Moderate	4.6x
159	Theater & Drama Oberlin College · Oberlin, OH	30 25–31	$12,441/yr	Moderate	-0.5x
160	Theater & Drama University of Central Oklahoma · Edmond, OK	38 35–39	$17,272/yr	Moderate	4.1x
161	Theater & Drama Arcadia University · Glenside, PA	30 26–32	$17,203/yr	Moderate	-0.0x
162	Theater & Drama Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus · Indiana, PA	38 35–38	$20,818/yr	Moderate	4.1x
163	Theater & Drama Bennington College · Bennington, VT	30 26–32	$16,579/yr	Moderate	-0.4x
164	Theater & Drama Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA	37 33–38	$22,447/yr	Moderate	3.5x
165	Theater & Drama University of Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA	30 26–32	$16,310/yr	Moderate	-0.3x
166	Theater & Drama Auburn University · Auburn, AL	37 34–38	$20,899/yr	Moderate	3.2x
167	Theater & Drama Grand Canyon University · Phoenix, AZ	36 32–38	$21,760/yr	Moderate	3.4x
168	Theater & Drama University of Georgia · Athens, GA	38 35–39	$20,762/yr	Moderate	3.6x
169	Theater & Drama Western Michigan University · Kalamazoo, MI	37 33–38	$21,585/yr	Moderate	3.4x
170	Theater & Drama Rutgers University-Camden · Camden, NJ	38 34–38	$24,770/yr	Moderate	2.6x
171	Theater & Drama Rutgers University-New Brunswick · New Brunswick, NJ	37 34–38	$24,770/yr	Moderate	2.6x
172	Theater & Drama Rutgers University-Newark · Newark, NJ	38 34–38	$24,770/yr	Moderate	2.7x
173	Theater & Drama Binghamton University · Vestal, NY	37 34–38	$18,920/yr	Moderate	3.6x
174	Theater & Drama University of Toledo · Toledo, OH	38 34–38	$21,685/yr	Moderate	3.4x
175	Theater & Drama Southern Oregon University · Ashland, OR	37 34–38	$20,668/yr	Moderate	3.3x
176	Theater & Drama Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA	37 33–39	$32,967/yr	Moderate	0.0x
177	Theater & Drama Temple University · Philadelphia, PA	34 29–38	$19,269/yr	Moderate	3.2x
178	Theater & Drama Middle Tennessee State University · Murfreesboro, TN	37 34–38	$17,860/yr	Moderate	3.7x
179	Theater & Drama George Mason University · Fairfax, VA	38 34–38	$22,984/yr	Moderate	3.2x
180	Theater & Drama Alabama State University · Montgomery, AL	37 33–37	$17,997/yr	Moderate	3.0x
181	Theater & Drama University of California-Berkeley · Berkeley, CA	37 34–38	$22,610/yr	Moderate	2.8x
182	Theater & Drama Millikin University · Decatur, IL	34 30–36	$24,013/yr	Moderate	2.3x
183	Theater & Drama University of Michigan-Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor, MI	35 30–37	$17,577/yr	Moderate	3.3x
184	Theater & Drama Plymouth State University · Plymouth, NH	37 34–38	$22,489/yr	Moderate	2.9x
185	Theater & Drama East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania · East Stroudsburg, PA	36 33–37	$17,055/yr	Moderate	2.9x
186	Theater & Drama Winthrop University · Rock Hill, SC	36 32–37	$20,600/yr	Moderate	3.1x
187	Theater & Drama University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus · Waterbury, CT	35 30–38	$18,002/yr	Moderate	3.3x
188	Theater & Drama University of Connecticut-Avery Point · Groton, CT	35 30–38	$18,002/yr	Moderate	3.3x
189	Theater & Drama University of Connecticut-Stamford · Stamford, CT	35 30–38	$18,002/yr	Moderate	3.3x
190	Theater & Drama University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus · Hartford, CT	35 30–38	$18,002/yr	Moderate	3.3x
191	Theater & Drama University of California-Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA	36 33–36	$20,503/yr	Moderate	2.4x
192	Theater & Drama University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT	34 29–36	$18,002/yr	Moderate	2.7x
193	Theater & Drama Dean College · Franklin, MA	35 31–36	$29,639/yr	Moderate	0.6x
194	Theater & Drama Rowan University · Glassboro, NJ	35 31–36	$18,558/yr	Moderate	2.6x
195	Theater & Drama Manhattan School of Music · New York, NY	34 31–36	$29,400/yr	Moderate	0.3x
196	Theater & Drama Miami University-Oxford · Oxford, OH	36 33–36	$22,434/yr	Moderate	2.1x
197	Theater & Drama Carthage College · Kenosha, WI	35 32–36	$28,727/yr	Moderate	1.0x
198	Theater & Drama Full Sail University · Winter Park, FL	33 29–34	$20,226/yr	Moderate	1.9x
199	Theater & Drama University of Maryland-Baltimore County · Baltimore, MD	35 32–35	$17,381/yr	Moderate	2.4x
200	Theater & Drama Gustavus Adolphus College · Saint Peter, MN	34 30–35	$28,601/yr	Moderate	0.3x
201	Theater & Drama Elon University · Elon, NC	32 28–35	$24,345/yr	Moderate	1.4x
202	Theater & Drama University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI	34 32–35	$19,551/yr	Moderate	2.0x
203	Theater & Drama University of the Incarnate Word · San Antonio, TX	34 31–35	$27,295/yr	Moderate	0.9x
204	Theater & Drama Chapman University · Orange, CA	32 27–34	$24,644/yr	Moderate	0.8x
205	Theater & Drama American University · Washington, DC	32 27–34	$23,979/yr	Moderate	1.1x
206	Theater & Drama Flagler College · Saint Augustine, FL	33 30–34	$23,099/yr	Moderate	1.2x
207	Theater & Drama University of Southern Maine · Portland, ME	34 31–34	$12,960/yr	Moderate	2.0x
208	Theater & Drama Webster University · Saint Louis, MO	31 26–36	$13,182/yr	Moderate	2.0x
209	Theater & Drama Pacific Lutheran University · Tacoma, WA	32 28–34	$25,754/yr	Moderate	0.3x
210	Theater & Drama Academy of Art University · San Francisco, CA	32 28–33	$20,798/yr	Moderate	0.7x
211	Theater & Drama California Institute of the Arts · Valencia, CA	31 27–33	$22,673/yr	Moderate	0.6x
212	Theater & Drama Loyola Marymount University · Los Angeles, CA	31 27–34	$21,869/yr	Moderate	1.0x
213	Theater & Drama Florida Southern College · Lakeland, FL	31 27–33	$22,336/yr	Moderate	0.3x
214	Theater & Drama Rollins College · Winter Park, FL	31 27–33	$23,664/yr	Moderate	0.3x
215	Theater & Drama Savannah College of Art and Design · Savannah, GA	31 27–33	$20,532/yr	Moderate	1.1x
216	Theater & Drama Columbia College Chicago · Chicago, IL	31 27–34	$17,929/yr	Moderate	1.6x
217	Theater & Drama DePaul University · Chicago, IL	31 27–33	$22,021/yr	Moderate	0.9x
218	Theater & Drama North Central College · Naperville, IL	31 26–33	$20,416/yr	Moderate	0.9x
219	Theater & Drama Roosevelt University · Chicago, IL	34 31–34	$21,001/yr	Moderate	0.9x
220	Theater & Drama University of Evansville · Evansville, IN	31 28–33	$23,407/yr	Moderate	0.4x
221	Theater & Drama Drake University · Des Moines, IA	30 26–33	$19,613/yr	Moderate	0.8x
222	Theater & Drama Suffolk University · Boston, MA	31 27–33	$23,189/yr	Moderate	0.3x
223	Theater & Drama Belhaven University · Jackson, MS	31 28–33	$19,931/yr	Moderate	0.7x
224	Theater & Drama Nebraska Wesleyan University · Lincoln, NE	32 28–33	$23,649/yr	Moderate	0.4x
225	Theater & Drama Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus · Teaneck, NJ	31 26–34	$16,666/yr	Moderate	1.5x
226	Theater & Drama Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus · Madison, NJ	31 26–34	$16,666/yr	Moderate	1.5x
227	Theater & Drama Marymount Manhattan College · New York, NY	31 27–33	$19,562/yr	Moderate	1.0x
228	Theater & Drama Nazareth University · Rochester, NY	31 28–33	$23,511/yr	Moderate	0.5x
229	Theater & Drama Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY	31 26–33	$20,988/yr	Moderate	0.6x
230	Theater & Drama Otterbein University · Westerville, OH	31 26–36	$12,546/yr	Moderate	1.7x
231	Theater & Drama Point Park University · Pittsburgh, PA	32 28–33	$23,147/yr	Moderate	0.8x
232	Theater & Drama Anderson University · Anderson, SC	31 28–33	$21,767/yr	Moderate	0.6x
233	Theater & Drama Baylor University · Waco, TX	31 26–33	$20,267/yr	Moderate	0.7x
234	Theater & Drama Saint Edward's University · Austin, TX	30 26–34	$15,925/yr	Moderate	1.2x
235	Theater & Drama Southern Methodist University · Dallas, TX	31 27–33	$23,831/yr	Moderate	0.3x
236	Theater & Drama Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX	31 26–33	$21,221/yr	Moderate	0.6x
237	Theater & Drama Shenandoah University · Winchester, VA	31 26–33	$17,818/yr	Moderate	1.0x
238	Theater & Drama Ouachita Baptist University · Arkadelphia, AR	30 27–32	$18,350/yr	Moderate	0.4x
239	Theater & Drama University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA	31 26–32	$21,473/yr	Moderate	0.1x
240	Theater & Drama The University of Tampa · Tampa, FL	30 26–32	$17,196/yr	Moderate	0.3x
241	Theater & Drama Piedmont University · Demorest, GA	31 27–32	$18,680/yr	Moderate	0.5x
242	Theater & Drama Augustana College · Rock Island, IL	30 26–32	$20,326/yr	Moderate	0.0x
243	Theater & Drama Illinois Wesleyan University · Bloomington, IL	30 26–32	$19,490/yr	Moderate	0.4x
244	Theater & Drama Northwestern University · Evanston, IL	30 26–33	$19,245/yr	Moderate	0.8x
245	Theater & Drama Boston University · Boston, MA	31 26–33	$21,508/yr	Moderate	0.4x
246	Theater & Drama Emerson College · Boston, MA	30 26–32	$19,560/yr	Moderate	0.5x
247	Theater & Drama University of Northwestern-St Paul · Saint Paul, MN	30 27–32	$19,541/yr	Moderate	0.3x
248	Theater & Drama Stephens College · Columbia, MO	30 27–32	$16,476/yr	Moderate	0.5x
249	Theater & Drama Adelphi University · Garden City, NY	30 26–32	$14,867/yr	Moderate	0.6x
250	Theater & Drama American Musical and Dramatic Academy · New York, NY	30 26–32	$17,410/yr	Moderate	0.2x
251	Theater & Drama Fordham University · Bronx, NY	30 25–33	$14,133/yr	Moderate	0.7x
252	Theater & Drama Hofstra University · Hempstead, NY	30 26–32	$15,474/yr	Moderate	0.3x
253	Theater & Drama Ithaca College · Ithaca, NY	30 26–33	$18,243/yr	Moderate	0.9x
254	Theater & Drama Long Island University · Brookville, NY	30 26–32	$18,671/yr	Moderate	0.1x
255	Theater & Drama Molloy College · Rockville Centre, NY	30 26–32	$17,050/yr	Moderate	0.1x
256	Theater & Drama The New School · New York, NY	30 26–32	$17,113/yr	Moderate	0.1x
257	Theater & Drama New York University · New York, NY	30 26–32	$20,916/yr	Moderate	0.3x
258	Theater & Drama Pace University · New York, NY	30 26–32	$16,659/yr	Moderate	0.4x
259	Theater & Drama Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY	30 26–32	$19,339/yr	Moderate	0.4x
260	Theater & Drama Wagner College · Staten Island, NY	30 26–32	$17,478/yr	Moderate	0.4x
261	Theater & Drama Baldwin Wallace University · Berea, OH	30 26–33	$16,055/yr	Moderate	1.0x
262	Theater & Drama Ohio Northern University · Ada, OH	30 26–32	$19,167/yr	Moderate	0.3x
263	Theater & Drama Oklahoma City University · Oklahoma City, OK	31 27–33	$20,696/yr	Moderate	0.5x
264	Theater & Drama DeSales University · Center Valley, PA	30 26–33	$17,377/yr	Moderate	0.9x
265	Theater & Drama Muhlenberg College · Allentown, PA	30 26–32	$17,150/yr	Moderate	0.6x
266	Theater & Drama University of the Arts · Philadelphia, PA	30 25–33	$12,085/yr	Moderate	0.7x
267	Theater & Drama Seton Hill University · Greensburg, PA	31 27–33	$21,239/yr	Moderate	0.3x
268	Theater & Drama Cornish College of the Arts · Seattle, WA	30 26–32	$19,045/yr	Moderate	0.4x
269	Theater & Drama Viterbo University · La Crosse, WI	31 27–33	$19,930/yr	Moderate	0.5x
270	Theater & Drama New York Film Academy · Burbank, CA	30 26–32	$18,181/yr	Moderate	0.2x

Methodology

Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score, which combines four equally weighted factors: graduate earnings (Year 1 after graduation), AI automation resilience (based on OpenAI and academic research), job market size (BLS annual openings), and earnings-to-tuition multiple (10-year projected earnings vs. 4-year tuition).

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, which reports actual median earnings of graduates — not self-reported surveys.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best school for Theater & Drama?

Based on our DegreeWorth Score, Southern Utah University ranks #1 for Theater & Drama with a score of 52/100 and graduate earnings of $27,335/yr.

How much do Theater & Drama graduates earn?

Across 270 schools, Theater & Drama graduates earn an average of $21,147/yr in their first year. The highest-earning program reports $38,160/yr.

Is Theater & Drama a good major for AI resistance?

Theater & Drama has an average AI task exposure of 38%, rated "Moderate". This field has moderate AI exposure — some career paths are more resilient than others.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.