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Drama & Theater Arts at Hunter College

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Drama & Theater Arts at Hunter College

If you plan to study drama and theater arts, take a look at what Hunter College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Hunter is located in New York, New York and approximately 24,052 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received their master's degree in theater.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Drama & Theater Arts section at the bottom of this page.

Hunter Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Theater

Hunter Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

Theater Student Demographics at Hunter

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the theater majors at Hunter College.

Hunter Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Program

30% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 70% of theater master's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in theater each year. Hunter does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 30% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a theater master's degree from Hunter, 60% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the theater master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hunter College with a master's in theater.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Theater Grads May Go Into

A degree in theater can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Hunter College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Producers and Directors 26,110 $115,610
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 11,530 $99,870
Fashion Designers 7,550 $95,830
Writers and Authors 7,410 $86,380

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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