Musical Theater at Purchase College

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying musical theater, you may want to check out the program at Purchase College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Purchase College is located in Purchase, New York and approximately 3,685 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Musical Theater section at the bottom of this page.

Purchase College Musical Theater Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Musical Theatre

Purchase College Musical Theater Rankings

The musical theatre major at Purchase College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Musical Theater. 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.

Musical Theatre Student Demographics at Purchase College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the musical theatre majors at Purchase College.

Purchase College Musical Theater Bachelor’s Program

18% Women

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 82% of musical theatre bachelor's degrees went to men and 18% went to women. The typical musical theatre bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Purchase College since its program graduates 50% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities in its musical theatre bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purchase College with a bachelor's in musical theatre.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Careers That Musical Theatre Grads May Go Into

A degree in musical theatre can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Purchase College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Producers and Directors	26,110	$115,610
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	11,530	$99,870
Music Directors and Composers	2,780	$66,120

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
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