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Drama & Theater Arts at Northern Kentucky University

Drama & Theater Arts at Northern Kentucky University

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

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and has a total student population of 16,211.

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.

NKU Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Theater

NKU Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

The theater major at NKU 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 NKU

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

NKU Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 44% of theater bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at NKU since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

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About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in theater at NKU 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 Northern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in theater.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 40
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 Northern Kentucky University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Theater Arts 64

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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 790 $76,750
Producers and Directors 770 $60,530
Writers and Authors 280 $54,320

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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