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

Bachelor's Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft Programs with the Highest Five-Year Earnings, ranked by median five-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 223 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana$62,55511%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 2Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, California$55,62293%—$13k$66k58%5,16616 mi 3St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota$51,79648%1380$24k$66k84%3,093165 mi 4Kean UniversityUnion, New Jersey$50,60476%1040$12k$57k47%11,4333 mi 5Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts$49,87341%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi 6Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona$49,03690%—$14k$54k61%22,903278 mi 7Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, Utah$48,41982%—$10k$50k61%9,289390 mi 8University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, Colorado$48,10375%1116$12k$64k46%10,519750 mi 9Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois$47,6198%1533$29k$89k95%9,2011 mi 10CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York$47,56664%1120$4k$63k53%12,5503 mi 11American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$46,62162%1381$42k$77k75%7,2663 mi 12Georgia College & State UniversityMilledgeville, Georgia$46,55678%1163$21k$58k64%5,947143 mi 13Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California$46,41045%1359$48k$78k79%7,0942 mi 14Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleEdwardsville, Illinois$46,36698%1100$15k$56k57%8,750240 mi 15University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin$45,07445%1427$17k$74k90%36,90276 mi 16University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington$44,95539%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 17Keene State CollegeKeene, New Hampshire$44,84890%—$18k$54k60%2,69972 mi 18Saint Edward's UniversityAustin, Texas$44,76781%1138$26k$59k63%2,493123 mi 19Chapman UniversityOrange, California$44,59565%1357$47k$70k82%7,47813 mi 20University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterWhitewater, Wisconsin$43,74886%1050$14k$55k59%9,40545 mi 21Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California$43,49948%1426$50k$109k88%6,5529 mi 22Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdoches, Texas$43,33494%1066$14k$50k53%8,728122 mi 23Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina$43,29766%1208$42k$75k84%6,452143 mi 24Fordham UniversityBronx, New York$43,04559%1418$44k$86k82%10,5122 mi 25University of Wisconsin-La CrosseLa Crosse, Wisconsin$42,96376%1220$16k$60k71%9,277167 mi 26University of IowaIowa City, Iowa$42,84784%1200$23k$65k75%22,264195 mi 27University of California-DavisDavis, California$42,69042%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi 28SUNY at Purchase CollegePurchase, New York$42,64574%1312$19k$45k63%3,1974 mi 29Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsville, Texas$42,54890%1041$16k$54k55%17,74373 mi 30Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York$42,52149%1419$19k$75k76%18,1012 mi 31University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska$42,51187%1191$18k$57k67%19,178469 mi 32Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota$42,43299%1020$17k$65k44%5,616131 mi 33Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon$42,37391%—$10k$58k53%13,18251 mi 34University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa$41,80793%1122$16k$55k68%7,529234 mi 35University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri$41,63564%1050$14k$50k54%5,648386 mi 36Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, California$41,59763%1384$58k$83k83%3,5531 mi 37Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York$41,45746%1375$39k$79k84%15,47735 mi 38University of OregonEugene, Oregon$41,34488%1272$22k$61k72%20,49752 mi 39University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts$41,06360%1423$22k$72k83%23,67170 mi 40Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah$40,910——$6k$55k45%28,453544 mi 41West Texas A & M UniversityCanyon, Texas$40,81499%1050$19k$51k55%6,917531 mi 42Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas$40,45989%1103$17k$57k55%36,177112 mi 43University of North TexasDenton, Texas$40,28272%1109$16k$57k61%34,341269 mi 44University of KansasLawrence, Kansas$40,27093%1190$18k$62k69%21,217448 mi 45Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah$39,90192%1187$15k$54k59%20,272572 mi 46Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois$39,89388%1113$19k$62k65%19,057113 mi 47College of CharlestonCharleston, South Carolina$39,88060%1247$19k$56k66%10,558< 1 mi 48SUNY College at PotsdamPotsdam, New York$39,60978%—$14k$48k45%1,82327 mi 49University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California$39,42427%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 50CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, New York$39,05158%1140$3k$61k54%10,5433 mi 51Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York$38,95919%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 52University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois$38,86242%1440$14k$81k85%36,258115 mi 53University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland$38,65645%1473$16k$83k89%30,7609 mi 54Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, New Jersey$38,49371%1211$18k$68k70%4,89813 mi 55Ithaca CollegeIthaca, New York$38,42469%1312$34k$64k76%4,24262 mi 56University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada$38,24296%1094$10k$55k51%24,622233 mi 57Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, Illinois$38,20170%—$13k$58k49%11,30153 mi 58Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana$38,13073%1285$19k$61k69%30,59447 mi 59Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio$38,03961%1387$17k$60k88%45,63899 mi 60Ohio State University-Lima CampusLima, Ohio$38,039——$13k$60k23%62171 mi 61Manhattanville UniversityPurchase, New York$37,98887%—$21k$59k58%1,3624 mi 62Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan$37,91780%1066$15k$52k46%10,05524 mi 63Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri$37,89791%1122$18k$50k58%13,313438 mi 64Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah$37,75468%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 65Otterbein UniversityWesterville, Ohio$37,63385%1220$19k$53k68%2,15790 mi 66Lindenwood UniversitySaint Charles, Missouri$37,52857%1190$20k$53k49%4,624256 mi 67Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, Pennsylvania$37,50572%1343$29k$69k82%1,72747 mi 68Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$37,44680%—$28k$64k75%20,9702 mi 69University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York$37,36474%1295$21k$71k75%20,1126 mi 70Berea CollegeBerea, Kentucky$37,25519%1249$6k$43k58%1,513277 mi 71Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island$37,03192%990$9k$56k48%5,0494 mi 72Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan$37,00190%1091$18k$56k59%10,03543 mi 73Texas A & M University-Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi, Texas$36,79989%1086$15k$52k40%8,0341 mi 74Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas$36,48051%1329$41k$66k80%14,785175 mi 75Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, Texas$36,42244%1298$37k$68k86%11,026246 mi 76Webster UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri$36,28586%1102$27k$51k64%2,304262 mi 77Drake UniversityDes Moines, Iowa$36,21664%1292$29k$72k74%2,543303 mi 78Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts$35,97911%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 79University of South FloridaTampa, Florida$35,94943%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 80University of New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana$35,92974%1052$12k$48k38%4,6381 mi 81Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana$35,77878%1313$16k$64k80%37,806174 mi 82New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces, New Mexico$35,76989%1011$9k$39k55%11,946378 mi 83Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey$35,76888%1070$16k$61k65%18,37611 mi 84Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia$35,67555%1364$25k$82k86%30,923173 mi 85The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee$35,60642%1311$19k$60k74%30,418294 mi 86Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania$35,54794%1063$18k$47k52%7,451136 mi 87Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio$35,54085%1212$22k$53k65%19,633144 mi 88Ohio University-Chillicothe CampusChillicothe, Ohio$35,540——$6k$53k14%833145 mi 89Ohio University-Lancaster CampusLancaster, Ohio$35,540——$6k$53k14%691115 mi 90Ohio University-Zanesville CampusZanesville, Ohio$35,540——$6k$53k22%560101 mi 91Ohio University-Southern CampusIronton, Ohio$35,540——$6k$53k21%415199 mi 92Ohio University-Eastern CampusSaint Clairsville, Ohio$35,540——$4k$53k21%298106 mi 93University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio$35,50985%1282$26k$55k75%29,882178 mi 94SUNY at FredoniaFredonia, New York$35,44878%1250$16k$54k50%2,7553 mi 95Millikin UniversityDecatur, Illinois$35,44267%1034$22k$51k55%1,382149 mi 96University of FloridaGainesville, Florida$35,41224%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 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.