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2023 Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools in District of Columbia

2 Colleges
$25,923 Avg Salary
$26,393 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts 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 Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones were the most popular 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Colleges.

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

Full Drama & Theater Arts at George Washington University Report

The excellent programs at Catholic University of America helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best drama and theater arts schools in District of Columbia. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Catholic University of America

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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