Theater Arts at Brooklyn College

Every 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 Brooklyn College stacks up to those at other schools.

Brooklyn College is located in Brooklyn, New York and has a total student population of 17,735.

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.

Brooklyn College Theater Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Theater
• Master’s Degree in Theater

Brooklyn College Theater Arts Rankings

The theater major at Brooklyn College 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 Brooklyn College

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

Brooklyn College Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of theater bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Brooklyn College since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 Brooklyn College with a bachelor's in theater.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Brooklyn College Theater Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of theater master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

Of the students who received a theater master's degree from Brooklyn College, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

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 NY, the home state for Brooklyn College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Producers and Directors	26,110	$115,610
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	11,530	$99,870

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Gabriel Liendo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.