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Drama & Theater Arts at Amherst College

Drama & Theater Arts at Amherst College

If you plan to study drama & theater arts, take a look at what Amherst College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 1,745 students attend the school each year.

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

Amherst Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Theater

Amherst Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

The theater major at Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Drama & Theater Arts. 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.

Theater Student Demographics at Amherst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the theater majors at Amherst College.

Amherst Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

44% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 56% of theater bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Amherst since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Amherst College with a bachelor's in theater.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 4
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Drama & Theater Arts

If you plan to be a theater major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Amherst College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Theater Arts 2

Careers That Theater Grads May Go Into

A degree in theater can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Amherst College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 6,190 $99,540
Producers and Directors 3,250 $70,480
Writers and Authors 1,490 $70,000

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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