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2023 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in New Jersey

3 Colleges
$20,105 Avg Salary
$24,549 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts School for You

With 22 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, drama and theater arts is the #102 most popular major in New Jersey.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 New Jersey ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in New Jersey

The following schools top our list of the Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges.

Top New Jersey Schools in Drama & Theater Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Rutgers University - New Brunswick the best school in New Jersey for drama and theater arts students. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick.

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#2

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montclair State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the large suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ

The excellent programs at Rowan University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best drama and theater arts schools in New Jersey. Rowan is a large public school located in the large suburb of Glassboro.

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Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 266
Pennsylvania 91
Maryland 9
District of Columbia 23

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

Majors Similar to Theater

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 3 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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