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Theater Arts at Carnegie Mellon University

Theater Arts at Carnegie Mellon University

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

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 13,519.

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

Carnegie Mellon Theater Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Theater

Carnegie Mellon Theater Arts Rankings

The theater major at Carnegie Mellon is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

66% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 34% of theater bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women.

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About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in theater at Carnegie Mellon are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 39
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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 PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 5,050 $80,740
Producers and Directors 2,700 $76,050

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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