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Most Popular Schools for General Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the general study of dramatic works and their performance. Includes instruction in major works of dramatic literature, dramatic styles and types, and the principles of organizing and producing full live or filmed productions.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 New York 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 399 3% $73,566
2 American Academy of Dramatic Arts-Los Angeles 135 100% $50,385
3 107 1% $22,168
4 Northwestern 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 107 2% $74,649
5 92 1% $23,130
6 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Central Florida 88 1% $22,548
7 87 1% $24,738
8 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of California-Los Angeles 86 1% $34,620
9 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of California-Irvine 78 1% $34,261
10 74 1% $27,738
11 68 1% $29,318
12 Point Park 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 68 6% $46,090
13 67 1% $25,886
14 66 1% $24,550
15 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Northern Colorado 64 2% $25,494
16 Columbia 911³Ô¹ÏÍø in the City of New York 64 1% $76,856
17 60 1% $22,969
18 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of North Carolina at Greensboro 60 1% $21,297
19 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 58 0% $30,102
20 Savannah College of Art and Design 58 2% $57,443
21 Muhlenberg College 57 10% $67,535
22 Southern Oregon 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 57 4% $27,510
23 Rutgers 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-New Brunswick 57 0% $32,443
24 56 1% $31,704
25 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of New Orleans 56 4% $25,223
26 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Southern California 56 0% $74,825
27 Arizona State 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Tempe 55 0% $28,048
28 Emerson College 55 5% $68,392
29 Virginia Commonwealth 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 54 1% $32,041
30 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Florida 54 0% $21,211
31 SUNY at Purchase College 54 5% $26,982
32 Carnegie Mellon 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 53 1% $72,283
33 52 1% $29,758
34 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Georgia 52 1% $26,688
35 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of North Texas 51 1% $24,712
36 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Minnesota-Twin Cities 50 0% $27,898
37 Northern Kentucky 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 50 2% $23,244
38 James Madison 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 45 1% $27,356
39 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 45 2% $19,876
40 44 1% $27,157
41 CUNY Brooklyn College 44 1% $8,604
42 The New School 44 2% $71,361
43 State 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of New York at New Paltz 44 2% $25,641
44 Texas A & M 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Commerce 43 1% $22,983
45 Loyola Marymount 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 43 2% $67,369
46 42 1% $27,480
47 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Houston 42 0% $23,225
48 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of California-Santa Barbara 41 1% $36,659
49 Millikin 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 40 9% $49,920
50 The 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Alabama 40 0% $29,872
51 Texas A & M 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Corpus Christi 39 2% $23,307
52 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Utah 39 0% $24,472
53 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Massachusetts-Amherst 39 0% $30,913
54 West Virginia 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 38 1% $23,294
55 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of South Florida-Main Campus 37 0% $23,320
56 CUNY City College 37 1% $29,967
57 Eastern Michigan 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 37 1% $26,196
58 East Carolina 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 36 1% $21,672
59 35 0% $27,367
60 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Michigan-Ann Arbor 35 0% $30,298
61 34 0% $28,862
62 34 1% $22,478
63 34 1% $22,156
64 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 34 0% $26,834
65 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Iowa 34 0% $24,239
66 Kennesaw State 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 34 1% $25,773
67 33 1% $30,360
68 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Notre Dame 33 1% $71,801
69 Western Washington 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 33 1% $24,077
70 Regent 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 33 2% $29,763
71 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Memphis 32 1% $25,423
72 Cornish College of the Arts 32 27% $59,442
73 31 0% $26,139
74 Wagner College 31 5% $64,382
75 Texas Tech 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 31 0% $24,472
76 Florida International 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 31 0% $23,506
77 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of North Carolina Wilmington 30 1% $24,982
78 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder 30 0% $31,044
79 CUNY Hunter College 30 1% $22,379
80 College of Charleston 30 1% $30,239
81 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Southern Mississippi 30 1% $24,048
82 29 1% $21,782
83 DeSales 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 29 4% $54,020
84 Hofstra 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 29 1% $63,748
85 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus 29 1% $29,357
86 The 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Montana 29 1% $20,966
87 The 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Texas at Austin 29 0% $26,506
88 Rowan 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 28 1% $32,099
89 Indiana 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Bloomington 28 0% $24,779
90 The 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Tennessee-Knoxville 28 0% $31,510
91 27 0% $26,085
92 California State 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-San Bernardino 27 1% $23,878
93 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Nebraska-Lincoln 27 1% $24,936
94 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Oklahoma-Norman Campus 27 0% $29,097
95 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Maryland-College Park 27 0% $27,146
96 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27 0% $23,811
97 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of California-Santa Cruz 27 1% $36,217
98 Northern Illinois 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 27 1% $29,117
99 26 1% $22,672
100 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of North Carolina School of the Arts 26 10% $22,112

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.