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Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Tennessee

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2023 Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Tennessee

2 Colleges
$19,907 Avg Salary
$23,062 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 10 degrees and certificates were awarded to drama and theater arts students who went to a Tennessee college or university. This makes it the #129 most popular major in the state.

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.

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 Tennessee ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Tennessee to see which programs were the most popular 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville the most popular school in Tennessee for drama and theater arts students. Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Memphis. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Tennessee list. UofM is a very large public school located in the large city of Memphis.

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Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 81
Florida 63
Georgia 60
North Carolina 26
Kentucky 4
Louisiana 15
Alabama 14
South Carolina 14
Mississippi 13
Arkansas 4
West Virginia 5

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 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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