Drama & Theater Arts at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

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

SMU MN is located in Winona, Minnesota and approximately 5,152 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in theater from SMU MN.

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.

SMU MN Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Theater

SMU MN Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks theater programs across the country. The following shows how SMU MN performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The theater major at SMU MN 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	250

Earnings of SMU MN Theater Graduates

The median salary of theater students who receive their bachelor's degree at SMU MN is $16,219. This is less than $21,886, which is the national average of all theater majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Theater Student Demographics at SMU MN

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the theater majors at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.

SMU MN Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 theater majors earned their bachelor's degree from SMU MN. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at SMU MN since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in theater at SMU MN 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 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota with a bachelor's in theater.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SMU MN also has a doctoral program available in theater. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Fine & Studio Arts
• Music
• Design & Applied Arts

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 MN, the home state for Saint Mary's University of Minnesota.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,030	$78,950
Producers and Directors	1,420	$73,110
Writers and Authors	1,090	$67,300
Choreographers	400	$49,400

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Mulad under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.