Theater Arts at University of California - Santa Cruz

Every theater arts school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the theater program at University of California - Santa Cruz stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and approximately 19,161 students attend the school each year.

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

UC Santa Cruz Theater Arts Degrees Available

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

UC Santa Cruz Theater Arts Rankings

The theater major at UC Santa Cruz is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Theater Student Demographics at UC Santa Cruz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the theater majors at University of California - Santa Cruz.

UC Santa Cruz Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of theater bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at UC Santa Cruz since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in theater at UC Santa Cruz are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 University of California - Santa Cruz with a bachelor's in theater.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UC Santa Cruz Theater Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of theater master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 34% men graduate in theater each year. UC Santa Cruz does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 26% more men than average.

In the theater master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Santa Cruz with a master's in theater.

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

Related Majors

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Santa Cruz.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Producers and Directors	25,320	$115,080
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460

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 Satyriconi under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.