Drama & Theater Arts at Grinnell College

If you are interested in studying drama and theater arts, you may want to check out the program at Grinnell College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Grinnell is located in Grinnell, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,493. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in theater from Grinnell.

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.

Grinnell Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Theater

Grinnell Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the theater progam at Grinnell 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 Grinnell 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	130
Most Focused Drama & Theater Arts Schools	154
Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	395
Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools	484

Theater Student Demographics at Grinnell

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

Grinnell Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

The theater program at Grinnell awarded 8 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Grinnell since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Grinnell College with a bachelor's in theater.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Grinnell also has a doctoral program available in theater. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Music
• Fine & Studio Arts

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 IA, the home state for Grinnell College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,110	$80,700
Producers and Directors	730	$46,610
Writers and Authors	470	$50,680
Music Directors and Composers	60	$52,430

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 Aureliusxv under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.