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Drama & Theater Arts at Ball State University

Drama & Theater Arts at Ball State University

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

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and approximately 21,597 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.

Ball State Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Theater

Ball State Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

The theater major at Ball State 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 Ball State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the theater majors at Ball State University.

Ball State Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

61% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 39% of theater bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Ball State since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in theater at Ball State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its theater bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 46
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Concentrations Within Drama & Theater Arts

Drama & Theater Arts majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Ball State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Theater Arts 50

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 IN, the home state for Ball State University.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 2,030 $68,070
Producers and Directors 990 $48,300
Writers and Authors 420 $61,920

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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