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Drama & Theater Arts at Merrimack College

Drama & Theater Arts at Merrimack College

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

Merrimack is located in North Andover, Massachusetts and approximately 5,418 students attend the school each year.

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.

Merrimack Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Theater

Merrimack Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

The theater major at Merrimack 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 Merrimack

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

Merrimack Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of theater bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Merrimack since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

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About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in theater at Merrimack are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Merrimack College 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 0
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Drama & Theater Arts

If you plan to be a theater major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Merrimack College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Theater Arts 6

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 Merrimack College.

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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