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2023 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region

21 Colleges
$22,388 Avg Salary
$25,089 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, drama and theater arts was ranked #107 in the country. In fact 1,699 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for theater majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the best school for drama and theater arts students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Out of the 21 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population.

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#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

The excellent programs at Michigan State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best drama and theater arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

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Out of the 21 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Oxford landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the fringe town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for drama and theater arts students. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Illinois State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for drama and theater arts students. Illinois State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Normal.

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Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for drama and theater arts students. It came in at #9 on the list. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

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Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best drama and theater arts schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 27
Illinois 106
Ohio 61
Indiana 18
Wisconsin 3

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Drama & Theater Arts is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music 7,675
Fine & Studio Arts 3,224
Design & Applied Arts 1,979
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 1,704
Arts & Media Management 1,184

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 21 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

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