Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of drama/theatre arts and stagecraft graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 256 colleges. National median: $29,613, rising to $40,121 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	University of Notre Dame	IN	$62,573	$64,880	$19,000
2	Minnesota State University-Mankato	MN	$44,151	$32,199	$22,819
3	Southern Methodist University	TX	$44,127	$35,844	$21,500
4	CUNY New York City College of Technology	NY	$43,543	$41,880	—
5	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$43,297	$55,555	$9,273
6	University of Georgia	GA	$42,647	$43,046	$22,412
7	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$42,332	$48,781	$21,797
8	Otterbein University	OH	$41,684	$38,023	$20,197
9	University of Miami	FL	$41,119	$34,667	$13,500
10	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	$39,921	$40,073	$19,881
11	Millersville University of Pennsylvania	PA	$39,713	—	—
12	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$39,516	—	—
13	Sonoma State University	CA	$39,456	—	—
14	Full Sail University	FL	$38,704	$44,878	$19,164
15	University of Central Missouri	MO	$38,681	$48,179	—
16	University of Wisconsin-River Falls	WI	$38,558	—	—
17	University at Albany	NY	$38,356	—	—
18	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$38,318	$40,033	$20,686
19	Northwestern University	IL	$38,299	$49,316	$20,500
20	University of North Carolina School of the Arts	NC	$37,888	$48,664	$27,000
21	College of Charleston	SC	$37,437	$44,991	$22,625
22	Boston University	MA	$37,373	$39,322	$20,468
23	Saint Mary's College of California	CA	$37,195	—	$24,500
24	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$37,117	$54,000	$22,331
25	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks	PA	$36,889	$44,913	$25,250
26	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$36,889	$44,913	$25,250
27	American University	DC	$36,862	$50,337	—
28	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	$36,746	$41,742	$15,750
29	Central Connecticut State University	CT	$36,599	—	—
30	Northeastern University Oakland	CA	$36,309	—	—
31	Northeastern University	MA	$36,309	—	—
32	Northeastern University Professional Programs	MA	$36,309	—	—
33	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$36,150	$41,745	$19,125
34	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$36,072	$36,792	$16,625
35	University of Northern Colorado	CO	$36,051	$46,089	$18,875
36	Northern Arizona University	AZ	$35,903	$38,380	$12,500
37	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$35,867	$47,878	—
38	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	$35,675	$42,712	$22,875
39	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$35,675	$42,712	$22,875
40	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	$35,675	$42,712	$22,875
41	University of Evansville	IN	$35,633	$45,838	$27,000
42	Michigan State University	MI	$35,529	$42,820	$24,150
43	Texas State University	TX	$35,335	$48,502	$22,151
44	Keene State College	NH	$35,315	—	—
45	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	$35,282	$41,328	$24,066
46	Xavier University	OH	$35,273	—	—
47	CUNY Hunter College	NY	$35,166	$41,059	—
48	Illinois State University	IL	$34,913	$40,258	$21,500
49	Montclair State University	NJ	$34,873	$39,248	$20,542
50	Suffolk University	MA	$34,785	$43,553	$21,800
51	Sam Houston State University	TX	$34,554	$36,389	$22,752
52	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	CO	$34,456	$34,552	$19,000
53	Muhlenberg College	PA	$34,429	$42,092	$27,000
54	Webster University	MO	$34,383	$39,604	$25,250
55	Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi	TX	$34,346	$41,773	$22,195
56	University of Nebraska at Omaha	NE	$34,293	—	—
57	Stephen F Austin State University	TX	$34,203	$41,450	$24,250
58	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$34,035	$44,825	—
59	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$33,942	$45,888	$23,000
60	Kean University	NJ	$33,828	$32,107	—
61	University of Minnesota-Duluth	MN	$33,797	$42,438	$24,519
62	CUNY Brooklyn College	NY	$33,701	$41,233	—
63	New York University	NY	$33,701	$42,348	$21,500
64	Emerson College	MA	$33,442	$44,760	$24,250
65	Saint Edward's University	TX	$33,378	$47,974	$25,000
66	Baylor University	TX	$33,376	$45,706	$21,500
67	The New School	NY	$33,299	$39,248	$16,750
68	Western Michigan University	MI	$33,073	$44,694	$24,228
69	Utah Valley University	UT	$33,068	$40,289	—
70	Ithaca College	NY	$32,918	$46,563	$23,500
71	SUNY Buffalo State University	NY	$32,738	$39,863	—
72	Pace University	NY	$32,708	$37,213	$25,500
73	California State University-Fresno	CA	$32,672	$34,320	—
74	Texas Christian University	TX	$32,667	$42,483	$25,000
75	Central Washington University	WA	$32,623	$33,800	$22,500
76	Oakland University	MI	$32,552	$39,442	$25,000
77	University of North Carolina Wilmington	NC	$32,494	$35,956	—
78	CUNY City College	NY	$32,456	$32,769	—
79	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$32,384	$41,362	—
80	The University of Alabama	AL	$32,350	$39,334	—
81	Western Kentucky University	KY	$32,317	$34,987	$24,195
82	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	$32,220	$37,173	$22,000
83	Oklahoma City University	OK	$32,075	$41,540	$24,250
84	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	OH	$32,034	$37,094	$28,000
85	University of Arizona	AZ	$31,928	$44,471	$21,214
86	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	WI	$31,924	$37,507	$25,000
87	Marymount Manhattan College	NY	$31,917	$40,086	$26,000
88	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$31,902	$43,055	$19,500
89	California State University-Los Angeles	CA	$31,881	$35,097	—
90	Missouri State University-Springfield	MO	$31,801	$37,959	$25,095
91	Northern Illinois University	IL	$31,741	$36,777	$25,000
92	Wayne State University	MI	$31,724	$32,525	$20,500
93	University of North Texas	TX	$31,638	$42,362	$19,347
94	Fordham University	NY	$31,594	$46,317	$26,975
95	Middle Tennessee State University	TN	$31,517	$33,179	$14,000
96	Syracuse University	NY	$31,467	$44,045	$23,250
97	Manhattan School of Music	NY	$31,407	—	$26,500
98	Pennsylvania Western University	PA	$31,344	$43,299	$27,000
99	University of California-Davis	CA	$31,185	$56,823	—
100	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	$31,170	$47,587	$21,500
101	University of Hartford	CT	$31,111	—	—
102	University of Kansas	KS	$30,974	$46,094	—
103	University of California-San Diego	CA	$30,971	$41,389	$14,644
104	Loyola University Chicago	IL	$30,943	$42,195	—
105	North Central College	IL	$30,884	$46,605	$21,632
106	University of Central Florida	FL	$30,871	$42,954	$18,050
107	West Texas A & M University	TX	$30,837	$47,175	—
108	Eastern Michigan University	MI	$30,767	$36,621	$27,125
109	Berklee College of Music	MA	$30,651	—	$23,750
110	Ohio State University-Lima Campus	OH	$30,596	$37,445	$27,000
111	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$30,596	$37,445	$27,000
112	Austin Peay State University	TN	$30,568	—	—
113	Liberty University	VA	$30,537	—	$25,125
114	University of New Orleans	LA	$30,532	$28,807	$20,212
115	Nebraska Wesleyan University	NE	$30,407	$45,420	$26,322
116	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	$30,366	$44,106	$12,734
117	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$30,328	$38,270	$15,000
118	Utah State University	UT	$30,212	$40,338	$18,842
119	DePaul University	IL	$30,136	$44,095	$22,667
120	Kent State University at Trumbull	OH	$30,064	$36,429	$24,750
121	Kent State University at Kent	OH	$30,064	$36,429	$24,750
122	University of Rhode Island	RI	$29,967	$33,972	$21,250
123	Dean College	MA	$29,919	$36,724	$27,000
124	Viterbo University	WI	$29,830	$31,051	$27,000
125	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	$29,817	$30,524	$17,500
126	George Mason University	VA	$29,817	$45,656	$25,000
127	San Francisco State University	CA	$29,663	$44,848	$16,842
128	California State University-Dominguez Hills	CA	$29,613	$30,988	—
129	University of Central Oklahoma	OK	$29,602	$38,914	$22,836
130	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	$29,487	$39,452	$19,389
131	Ball State University	IN	$29,486	$43,082	$21,985
132	SUNY at Fredonia	NY	$29,479	$39,770	$25,500
133	Southern Oregon University	OR	$29,451	$38,487	$20,500
134	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$29,300	$36,457	$16,962
135	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	PA	$29,294	$35,286	—
136	Hofstra University	NY	$29,194	$44,388	$23,177
137	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	IL	$29,180	$39,698	—
138	University of Memphis	TN	$29,109	$38,440	$18,250
139	Winthrop University	SC	$29,040	$40,948	$27,000
140	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$28,887	$43,957	$19,500
141	Niagara University	NY	$28,883	—	$28,000
142	University of South Dakota	SD	$28,760	—	—
143	Roosevelt University	IL	$28,663	$37,748	$25,250
144	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	NC	$28,624	$41,108	$21,412
145	University of South Florida	FL	$28,614	$45,671	—
146	Nazareth University	NY	$28,541	$36,117	$27,000
147	Central Michigan University	MI	$28,529	$43,916	$27,000
148	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$28,385	$49,323	$12,462
149	Northern Kentucky University	KY	$28,374	$35,624	$18,669
150	Columbus State University	GA	$28,268	$34,931	$27,000
151	James Madison University	VA	$28,206	$45,225	$21,150
152	University of Southern California	CA	$28,161	$40,415	$18,750
153	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$28,133	$47,676	—
154	Point Park University	PA	$28,113	$40,121	—
155	Savannah College of Art and Design	GA	$28,101	$35,177	$23,167
156	Millikin University	IL	$28,035	$38,666	$21,000
157	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	$28,026	$39,725	$21,500
158	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	$27,927	$48,268	$21,943
159	Western Washington University	WA	$27,901	$40,616	$18,271
160	Columbia College Chicago	IL	$27,894	$39,986	$26,000
161	Georgia Southern University	GA	$27,714	$38,107	—
162	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	LA	$27,678	$36,229	$25,437
163	Rhode Island College	RI	$27,645	$50,335	—
164	Drake University	IA	$27,600	$54,950	$24,250
165	Rollins College	FL	$27,556	—	—
166	Grand Canyon University	AZ	$27,522	$37,142	—
167	University of California-Irvine	CA	$27,442	$40,773	$11,000
168	SUNY at Purchase College	NY	$27,404	$39,974	$19,500
169	San Diego State University	CA	$27,400	$41,812	$15,000
170	Brenau University	GA	$27,351	$36,910	$15,750
171	Academy of Art University	CA	$27,306	$35,870	—
172	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	FL	$27,306	—	—
173	Flagler College	FL	$27,292	$36,506	$23,812
174	University of Florida	FL	$27,237	$41,707	$14,860
175	Towson University	MD	$27,051	$39,753	$19,705
176	Boise State University	ID	$26,993	$31,834	—
177	California Institute of the Arts	CA	$26,888	$41,192	$20,250
178	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	$26,813	$25,510	$13,000
179	Temple University	PA	$26,778	$36,994	$25,250
180	Rowan University	NJ	$26,769	$38,597	$22,375
181	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	LA	$26,767	$38,317	$21,281
182	Molloy University	NY	$26,761	$34,822	$27,000
183	Florida International University	FL	$26,752	$33,896	—
184	Loyola University New Orleans	LA	$26,750	—	$25,500
185	Florida State University	FL	$26,612	$44,115	$11,502
186	Brigham Young University	UT	$26,495	$26,782	—
187	Lindenwood University	MO	$26,411	$43,329	$24,250
188	University of Northern Iowa	IA	$26,323	$39,816	—
189	University of Oregon	OR	$26,316	—	—
190	Ohio University-Eastern Campus	OH	$26,309	$42,796	$19,124
191	Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus	OH	$26,309	$42,796	$19,124
192	Ohio University-Southern Campus	OH	$26,309	$42,796	$19,124
193	Ohio University-Lancaster Campus	OH	$26,309	$42,796	$19,124
194	Ohio University-Main Campus	OH	$26,309	$42,796	$19,124
195	Ohio University-Zanesville Campus	OH	$26,309	$42,796	$19,124
196	Texas Tech University	TX	$26,301	$30,074	$24,481
197	California State University-San Bernardino	CA	$26,291	$40,118	$12,113
198	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	$26,248	$34,778	—
199	American Musical and Dramatic Academy	NY	$26,244	$32,008	$27,000
200	Chapman University	CA	$26,203	$51,611	$21,875
201	Loyola Marymount University	CA	$26,193	$49,135	$17,750
202	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	WI	$26,022	—	—
203	Adelphi University	NY	$25,972	$37,630	—
204	University of Mississippi	MS	$25,884	—	—
205	Anderson University	SC	$25,817	$36,872	—
206	East Carolina University	NC	$25,739	$41,394	$27,000
207	California State University-Northridge	CA	$25,667	$43,240	$18,500
208	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$25,578	$39,023	$13,000
209	DeSales University	PA	$25,454	$42,571	$27,000
210	Bennington College	VT	$25,445	$23,575	$27,000
211	State University of New York at New Paltz	NY	$25,372	$39,521	$20,772
212	Stephens College	MO	$25,364	$35,235	$20,250
213	Baldwin Wallace University	OH	$25,344	$36,251	$27,000
214	University of Kentucky	KY	$25,183	$38,475	$20,500
215	Vanguard University of Southern California	CA	$25,181	—	—
216	University of Montevallo	AL	$25,125	$44,624	$25,900
217	Florida Atlantic University	FL	$24,922	$20,673	—
218	Old Dominion University	VA	$24,821	$38,537	—
219	Kennesaw State University	GA	$24,796	$38,348	$22,291
220	CUNY Queens College	NY	$24,790	$31,239	—
221	Wagner College	NY	$24,750	$39,664	$27,000
222	Long Island University	NY	$24,707	$43,904	$25,500
223	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	$24,628	$38,865	$14,687
224	Texas Woman's University	TX	$24,484	—	—
225	Coastal Carolina University	SC	$24,374	$33,962	$25,519
226	West Virginia University	WV	$24,309	$40,942	$20,466
227	Florida Southern College	FL	$24,244	$51,925	$27,000
228	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	$24,179	$45,504	$22,750
229	University of Connecticut	CT	$23,929	$57,307	$15,214
230	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$23,929	$57,307	$15,214
231	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	$23,929	$57,307	$15,214
232	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	$23,929	$57,307	$15,214
233	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	$23,929	$57,307	$15,214
234	Cleveland State University	OH	$23,907	$36,174	$26,093
235	Western Connecticut State University	CT	$23,853	$50,955	$26,000
236	University of Arkansas	AR	$23,650	—	—
237	Greensboro College	NC	$23,603	$33,115	—
238	University at Buffalo	NY	$23,497	$45,677	$21,000
239	California State University-Fullerton	CA	$23,349	$42,455	$15,000
240	The University of Montana	MT	$23,199	$38,431	$21,423
241	The University of Tampa	FL	$22,912	$28,709	$24,750
242	Radford University	VA	$22,884	$46,725	—
243	Drew University	NJ	$22,299	$38,562	—
244	University of Southern Mississippi	MS	$22,070	$30,864	$25,000
245	New York Film Academy	CA	$22,030	$32,057	$27,000
246	Five Towns College	NY	$21,803	—	—
247	Illinois Wesleyan University	IL	$21,777	$31,172	$27,000
248	Appalachian State University	NC	$21,688	$44,986	$24,214
249	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$21,458	$41,414	—
250	Valdosta State University	GA	$21,237	—	—
251	SUNY Oneonta	NY	$20,860	—	—
252	Brigham Young University-Idaho	ID	$20,653	$22,503	—
253	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	NM	$20,599	$40,085	—
254	Shenandoah University	VA	$20,093	$40,457	$27,000
255	North Carolina A & T State University	NC	$19,098	—	—
256	University of North Alabama	AL	$18,476	—	—

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do drama/theatre arts and stagecraft graduates earn?

The median college reports $29,613 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in drama/theatre arts and stagecraft and $40,121 four years after. The highest is $62,573 at University of Notre Dame.

How much student debt do drama/theatre arts and stagecraft graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $22,331 at the typical college.