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Drama & Theater Arts at Ball State University

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Drama & Theater Arts at Ball State University

Every drama and theater arts school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the theater program at Ball State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and approximately 21,597 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 50 students received a bachelor's degree in theater from Ball State.

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.

Earnings of Ball State Theater Graduates

The median salary of theater students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ball State is $21,326. This is less than $21,886, which is the national average of all theater majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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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

58% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 50 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in theater from Ball State in 2021, 42% were men and 58% were women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Ball State since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

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About 76% 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.

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 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 38
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Ball State also has a doctoral program available in theater. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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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