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Drama & Theater Arts at Old Dominion University

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Drama & Theater Arts at Old Dominion University

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

Old Dominion is located in Norfolk, Virginia and approximately 24,286 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 24 theater majors received their bachelor's degree from Old Dominion.

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.

Old Dominion Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Theater

Old Dominion Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

The theater major at Old Dominion 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.

Earnings of Old Dominion Theater Graduates

The median salary of theater students who receive their bachelor's degree at Old Dominion is $24,443. This is 12% higher than $21,886, which is the national average for all theater bachelor's degree recipients.

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Theater Student Demographics at Old Dominion

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

Old Dominion Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

58% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The theater program at Old Dominion awarded 24 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 42% of these degrees went to men with the other 58% going to women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Old Dominion since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in theater at Old Dominion are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Old Dominion University with a bachelor's in theater.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Old Dominion 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 VA, the home state for Old Dominion University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Producers and Directors 2,090 $69,750
Writers and Authors 1,220 $68,600

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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