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Drama & Theater Arts at The Juilliard School

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

Juilliard is located in New York, New York and approximately 961 students attend the school each year. Of the 114 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The Juilliard School in 2021, 8 of them were drama and theater arts majors.

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.

Juilliard Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Theater
  • Master’s Degree in Theater

Juilliard Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the theater progam at Juilliard compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The theater major at Juilliard 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
Best Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools 1
Most Focused Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools 1
2
Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools 2
Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Graduate Certificate Schools 3
Best Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools 5
Most Focused Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools 8
Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 14
17
Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools 19
Most Focused Drama & Theater Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools 21
Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools 21
Most Focused Drama & Theater Arts Schools 27
41
Most Focused Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 48
Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools 55
57
Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools 89
Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools 209
Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 262
Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Schools 297
Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 395

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in theater from Juilliard. This makes it the #55 most popular school for theater master’s degree candidates in the country.

Theater Student Demographics at Juilliard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the theater majors at The Juilliard School.

Juilliard Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of theater bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Juilliard since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 The Juilliard School with a bachelor's in theater.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 2
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Juilliard Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Program

50% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The theater program at Juilliard awarded 10 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in theater each year. Juilliard does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a theater master's degree from Juilliard, 60% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the theater master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The Juilliard School with a master's in theater.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Juilliard 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 NY, the home state for The Juilliard School.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Producers and Directors 26,110 $115,610
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 11,530 $99,870
Fashion Designers 7,550 $95,830
Writers and Authors 7,410 $86,380

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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