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2023 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Texas

8 Colleges
$26,024 Avg Salary
$22,488 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts School for You

Drama & Theater Arts is the #107 most popular major in Texas with 99 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Texas

Check out the theater programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Texas Schools in Drama & Theater Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - Commerce the best school in Texas for drama and theater arts students. Texas A&M Commerce is a large public school located in the town of Commerce.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great place for drama and theater arts students. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at Texas Woman’s University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best drama and theater arts schools in Texas. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, TX

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Houston is a great place for drama and theater arts students. UH is a very large public school located in the large city of Houston.

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#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 8 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Southern Methodist University did quite well on this year’s best schools for drama and theater arts students. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#7

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Texas ranking. Texas State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of San Marcos.

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#8

Baylor University

Waco, TX

Baylor University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for drama and theater arts students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 13
Oklahoma 3
New Mexico 1

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 8 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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