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Drama & Theater Arts at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Drama & Theater Arts at University of Alabama at Birmingham

What traits are you looking for in a theater school? To help you decide if University of Alabama at Birmingham is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's theater program.

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,965 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2021, 10 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.

UAB Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Theater

UAB Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

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

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 UAB 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 Focused Drama & Theater Arts Schools 862

Earnings of UAB Theater Graduates

The median salary of theater students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAB is $23,647. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $21,886 for all theater bachelor's degree recipients.

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Theater Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

60% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students earned a bachelor's degree in theater from UAB. About 60% of these graduates were women and the other 40% were men. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UAB since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in theater at UAB are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in theater.

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

UAB 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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Producers and Directors 730 $57,040
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 730 $65,560
Writers and Authors 190 $58,590
Music Directors and Composers 80 $75,050

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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