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Drama & Theater Arts at Bowdoin College

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Drama & Theater Arts at Bowdoin College

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

Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and approximately 1,777 students attend the school each year. Of the 619 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College in 2021, 5 of them were drama and theater arts majors.

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.

Bowdoin Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Theater

Bowdoin Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the theater progam at Bowdoin compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The theater major at Bowdoin 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 276
Most Focused Drama & Theater Arts Schools 332
Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 508
Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools 618

Theater Student Demographics at Bowdoin

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

Bowdoin Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

60% Women
80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of theater bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Bowdoin since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% 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 Bowdoin College with a bachelor's in theater.

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

Bowdoin 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 ME, the home state for Bowdoin College.

Occupation Jobs in ME Average Salary in ME
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 300 $70,930
Producers and Directors 230 $51,310
Fashion Designers 100 $80,540
Writers and Authors 90 $61,090

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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