Bachelor's Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings

Bachelor's Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings, ranked by median first-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 270 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaMoraga, California$38,16087%—$30k$79k70%1,9478 mi 2University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana$37,53111%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 3Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia$36,55755%1364$25k$82k86%30,923173 mi 4University of South DakotaVermillion, South Dakota$33,85299%1125$20k$52k60%5,439362 mi 5The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas$33,26127%1395$20k$75k89%42,855126 mi 6Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, Pennsylvania$33,16971%1095$20k$53k66%6,78868 mi 7Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$32,96712%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 8University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado$32,14278%1357$25k$70k74%31,939750 mi 9Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdoches, Texas$29,94594%1066$14k$50k53%8,728122 mi 10Dean CollegeFranklin, Massachusetts$29,63974%—$31k$38k54%1,08918 mi 11Manhattan School of MusicNew York, New York$29,40041%—$52k$27k78%539< 1 mi 12Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois$28,95888%1113$19k$62k65%19,057113 mi 13Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas$28,93373%1190$19k$62k69%32,394456 mi 14Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado$28,90199%1019$15k$52k32%15,002745 mi 15Carthage CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin$28,72787%1150$27k$57k64%2,6601 mi 16Gustavus Adolphus CollegeSaint Peter, Minnesota$28,60161%1290$23k$66k77%1,878190 mi 17University of North TexasDenton, Texas$28,23672%1109$16k$57k61%34,341269 mi 18Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado$28,17289%—$21k$61k67%25,538775 mi 19Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$27,88661%1337$33k$63k86%42,284124 mi 20Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, Pennsylvania$27,88699%1174$24k$63k32%1,87247 mi 21Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, Utah$27,33582%—$10k$50k61%9,289390 mi 22University of the Incarnate WordSan Antonio, Texas$27,29598%—$23k$57k51%4,440119 mi 23University of Southern IndianaEvansville, Indiana$27,01096%1141$13k$48k48%5,292254 mi 24Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois$27,00487%1055$13k$53k62%8,494288 mi 25Missouri Western State UniversitySaint Joseph, Missouri$26,929——$13k$43k39%2,219402 mi 26University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma$26,75377%1246$15k$63k75%22,734402 mi 27University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluth, Minnesota$26,75189%1251$19k$63k65%7,336< 1 mi 28University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama$26,67088%1258$19k$55k64%11,635201 mi 29The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas$26,47480%1124$14k$63k54%32,294239 mi 30University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina$26,45715%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 31University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming$26,05397%—$14k$57k59%7,944766 mi 32University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona$26,04886%1246$17k$60k68%42,537144 mi 33Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas$26,04589%1103$17k$57k55%36,177112 mi 34California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson, California$25,92093%—$9k$57k43%12,5387 mi 35University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York$25,81074%1295$21k$71k75%20,1126 mi 36Pacific Lutheran UniversityTacoma, Washington$25,75478%1168$20k$67k69%2,4018 mi 37University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas$25,49974%1169$18k$58k71%28,677421 mi 38Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon$25,35291%—$10k$58k53%13,18251 mi 39University of Wisconsin-ParksideKenosha, Wisconsin$25,30675%1090$12k$51k40%2,8442 mi 40Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona$25,30190%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 mi 41University of OregonEugene, Oregon$25,26488%1272$22k$61k72%20,49752 mi 42Lindenwood UniversitySaint Charles, Missouri$25,08357%1190$20k$53k49%4,624256 mi 43University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio$25,07085%1282$26k$55k75%29,882178 mi 44CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York$25,05954%1280$3k$63k57%16,2891 mi 45Texas A & M University-Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi, Texas$25,05089%1086$15k$52k40%8,0341 mi 46West Texas A & M UniversityCanyon, Texas$25,03699%1050$19k$51k55%6,917531 mi 47Youngstown State UniversityYoungstown, Ohio$24,93384%1120$13k$42k50%7,96154 mi 48Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma$24,87175%1150$17k$57k68%21,773456 mi 49University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire$24,83088%1218$24k$66k76%11,26110 mi 50Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey$24,77058%1410$24k$74k84%37,7519 mi 51Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, New Jersey$24,77071%—$20k$74k64%7,7094 mi 52Rutgers University-CamdenCamden, New Jersey$24,77066%1178$19k$74k67%3,753< 1 mi 53University of Northern ColoradoGreeley, Colorado$24,76186%1082$18k$52k51%5,598766 mi 54University of South FloridaTampa, Florida$24,73243%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 55Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington$24,67491%—$18k$62k54%7,83388 mi 56Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota$24,67188%1150$19k$57k54%11,703201 mi 57Chapman UniversityOrange, California$24,64465%1357$47k$70k82%7,47813 mi 58Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio$24,56586%1099$21k$45k64%19,32031 mi 59Kent State University at TrumbullWarren, Ohio$24,565——$11k$45k32%1,62940 mi 60Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island$24,52692%990$9k$56k48%5,0494 mi 61University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterWhitewater, Wisconsin$24,41286%1050$14k$55k59%9,40545 mi 62Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina$24,34566%1208$42k$75k84%6,452143 mi 63James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia$24,30672%1256$23k$70k80%20,88882 mi 64Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington$24,25893%1289$21k$63k65%13,5441 mi 65Western Connecticut State UniversityDanbury, Connecticut$24,15087%1110$18k$59k52%3,51120 mi 66Millikin UniversityDecatur, Illinois$24,01367%1034$22k$51k55%1,382149 mi 67American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$23,97962%1381$42k$77k75%7,2663 mi 68Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio$23,92061%1387$17k$60k88%45,63899 mi 69Ohio State University-Lima CampusLima, Ohio$23,920——$13k$60k23%62171 mi 70Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah$23,896——$6k$55k45%28,453544 mi 71University of West FloridaPensacola, Florida$23,85258%1138$9k$49k59%9,3302 mi 72Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas$23,83163%1428$41k$78k84%7,277237 mi 73Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana$23,74886%1160$15k$52k62%13,988131 mi 74University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida$23,70840%1269$10k$58k78%59,14623 mi 75Rollins CollegeWinter Park, Florida$23,66448%1271$35k$58k75%2,63132 mi 76Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityLincoln, Nebraska$23,64980%1189$18k$56k66%1,453466 mi 77Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, Illinois$23,51770%—$13k$58k49%11,30153 mi 78Nazareth UniversityRochester, New York$23,51175%1216$29k$56k73%1,87311 mi 79University of EvansvilleEvansville, Indiana$23,40778%—$18k$54k64%1,539253 mi 80Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah$23,34192%1187$15k$54k59%20,272572 mi 81Suffolk UniversityBoston, Massachusetts$23,18982%1216$30k$68k61%4,2681 mi 82Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$23,14797%—$26k$46k59%2,331109 mi 83Flagler CollegeSaint Augustine, Florida$23,09981%1084$31k$49k56%2,3911 mi 84Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona$23,04390%—$14k$54k61%22,903278 mi 85San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California$23,00496%—$12k$68k50%18,6392 mi 86California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California$23,00094%—$9k$65k56%28,35032 mi 87George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia$22,98487%1274$18k$76k68%27,75212 mi 88Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky$22,88494%971$11k$44k56%12,155324 mi 89SUNY College at PotsdamPotsdam, New York$22,87378%—$14k$48k45%1,82327 mi 90University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington$22,77839%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 91California Institute of the ArtsValencia, California$22,67332%—$46k$41k67%86024 mi 92University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California$22,61011%—$13k$92k93%33,0682 mi 93Plymouth State UniversityPlymouth, New Hampshire$22,48988%—$19k$57k52%3,15365 mi 94Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia$22,44793%1137$23k$58k63%20,75318 mi 95Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio$22,43475%1317$28k$55k80%16,656161 mi 96University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada$22,42996%1094$10k$55k51%24,622233 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.