Drama & Theater Arts at University of Houston

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 47,090. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students received a bachelor's degree in theater from UH.

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.

UH Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

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

UH Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the theater progam at UH 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 UH 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 Value Drama & Theater Arts Schools	115
	317

In 2021, 22 students received their master’s degree in theater from UH. This makes it the #17 most popular school for theater master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Theater Graduates from UH Make?

The median salary of theater students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH is $15,377. 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 UH

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

UH Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students earned a bachelor's degree in theater from UH. About 59% of these graduates were women and the other 41% were men. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Houston with a bachelor's in theater.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UH Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students earned a master's degree in theater from UH. About 64% of these graduates were women and the other 36% were men.

Of the students who received a theater master's degree from UH, 86% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Arts & Media Management
• Dance
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Design & Applied Arts
• Music

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 TX, the home state for University of Houston.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,240	$71,520
Producers and Directors	5,300	$69,280
Writers and Authors	2,110	$56,680

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.