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Drama & Theater Arts at East Carolina University

Drama & Theater Arts at East Carolina University

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

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and has a total student population of 28,798.

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.

ECU Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Theater

ECU Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

The theater major at ECU 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 ECU

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

ECU Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

60% Women
36% 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 35% men. So male students are more repesented at ECU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in theater at ECU 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 East Carolina University with a bachelor's in theater.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Drama & Theater Arts

Drama & Theater Arts majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at East Carolina University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Theater Arts 26

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 NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 2,860 $66,640
Producers and Directors 2,330 $73,980
Writers and Authors 950 $67,250

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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