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Musical Theater at American University

Musical Theater at American University

What traits are you looking for in a musical theatre school? To help you decide if American University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's musical theatre program.

The American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 14,001 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Musical Theater section at the bottom of this page.

The American University Musical Theater Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Musical Theatre

The American University Musical Theater Rankings

The musical theatre major at The American University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Musical Theater. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Musical Theatre Student Demographics at The American University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the musical theatre majors at American University.

The American University Musical Theater Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of musical theatre bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its musical theatre bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American University with a bachelor's in musical theatre.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 5
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Musical Theatre Grads May Go Into

A degree in musical theatre can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for American University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Producers and Directors 2,360 $89,390
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 490 $100,590

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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