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Drama & Theater Arts at East Carolina University

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Drama & Theater Arts at East Carolina University

If you plan to study drama and 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. In 2021, 26 theater majors received their bachelor's degree from ECU.

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.

Earnings of ECU Theater Graduates

The median salary of theater students who receive their bachelor's degree at ECU is $18,565. 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 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

65% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 26 theater students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from ECU, about 35% were men and 65% were women.

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About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in theater at ECU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 6
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 14
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

ECU 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 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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