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Drama & Theater Arts at Oakland University

Drama & Theater Arts at Oakland University

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

Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and approximately 18,552 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.

Oakland Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Theater

Oakland Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

The theater major at Oakland 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 Oakland

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

Oakland Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

62% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of theater bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Oakland since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in theater at Oakland 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 Oakland University with a bachelor's in theater.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Drama & Theater Arts

Drama & Theater Arts majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Oakland University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Musical Theater 13
Acting 6
Theater Arts 3
Theater Design & Technology 1

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 MI, the home state for Oakland University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 2,710 $76,250
Producers and Directors 2,030 $65,910
Writers and Authors 1,120 $60,850
Music Directors and Composers 440 $51,180

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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