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Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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2023 Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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$32,542 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree School for You

Drama & Theater Arts is the #101 most popular major in District of Columbia with 23 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Drama & Theater Arts program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for theater majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the most popular school in District of Columbia for drama and theater arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Of the 17 students majoring in theater at GWU, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at George Washington University

Out of the 2 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the # 2 spot on the list. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 266
Pennsylvania 91
Maryland 9
New Jersey 22

One of 9 majors within the area of study, drama and theater arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 2 schools only.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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