Drama Theatre Arts and Stagecraft

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 50.0501 - 50.0599.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 978 institutions across the United States, with a total of 50950 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

582

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

1,478

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

12,468

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

468

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,756

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

101

degrees awarded

Other Awards

34,097

awards given

Top Schools for Drama Theatre Arts and Stagecraft

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	American Musical and Dramatic Academy New York, NY	1,956
2	New York University New York, NY	1,635
3	Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, GA	849
4	New York Film Academy Burbank, CA	798
5	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	570
6	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	525
7	Columbia College Chicago Chicago, IL	435
8	SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY	417
9	DePaul University Chicago, IL	417
10	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	414
11	Chapman University Orange, CA	396
12	American Academy of Dramatic Arts-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	394
13	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	378
14	Marymount Manhattan College New York, NY	375
15	New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts New York, NY	375
16	Emerson College Boston, MA	369
17	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	360
18	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	336
19	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	333
20	University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston Salem, NC	330
21	Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA	318
22	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	306
23	Valencia College Orlando, FL	305
24	American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York New York, NY	297
25	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	291
26	Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa, CA	279
27	Pace University New York, NY	258
28	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	249
29	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	249
30	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	247
31	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	246
32	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	240
33	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	237
34	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	231
35	Boston University Boston, MA	228
36	Yale University New Haven, CT	222
37	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	222
38	Ball State University Muncie, IN	216
39	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	215
40	The New School New York, NY	210
41	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	207
42	Berklee College of Music Boston, MA	207
43	University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO	207
44	Roosevelt University Chicago, IL	201
45	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	201
46	University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA	198
47	Illinois State University Normal, IL	198
48	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	198
49	Point Park University Pittsburgh, PA	189
50	Long Island University Brookville, NY	189
51	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	189
52	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	183
53	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	183
54	Full Sail University Winter Park, FL	183
55	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	183
56	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	180
57	University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA	180
58	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	175
59	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	174
60	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	171
61	Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	165
62	California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA	165
63	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	165
64	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	162
65	SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY	162
66	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	162
67	Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, OK	159
68	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	159
69	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	156
70	Mary Baldwin University Staunton, VA	156
71	University of Houston Houston, TX	153
72	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	150
73	Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX	150
74	Shenandoah University Winchester, VA	147
75	Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY	144
76	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	144
77	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	141
78	Coastal Carolina University Conway, SC	141
79	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	141
80	KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts Dallas, TX	138
81	University of North Texas Denton, TX	138
82	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	135
83	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	135
84	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	135
85	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	133
86	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	132
87	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	132
88	Moorpark College Moorpark, CA	130
89	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	129
90	Wagner College Staten Island, NY	126
91	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	126
92	Southern Oregon University Ashland, OR	126
93	Millikin University Decatur, IL	126
94	Towson University Towson, MD	126
95	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	123
96	Elon University Elon, NC	120
97	University of Georgia Athens, GA	120
98	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	120
99	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	120
100	Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA	117