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Drama & Theater Arts at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Drama & Theater Arts at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 11,254 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,249 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2021, 3 of them were drama and theater arts majors.

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.

MIT Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Theater

MIT Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

The theater major at MIT 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 MIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the theater majors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 3 theater students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from MIT, about 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at MIT since its program graduates 31% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in theater.

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

MIT 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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 6,190 $99,540
Producers and Directors 3,250 $70,480
Writers and Authors 1,490 $70,000

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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