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Drama & Theater Arts at University of Rhode Island

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Drama & Theater Arts at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in theater from URI.

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.

URI Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Theater

URI Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the theater progam at URI 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 URI 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 Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools 188

Earnings of URI Theater Graduates

The median salary of theater students who receive their bachelor's degree at URI is $19,369. This is less than $21,886, which is the national average of all theater majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Theater Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 25 theater students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from URI, about 44% were men and 56% were women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at URI since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in theater at URI are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 20
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

URI 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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation Jobs in RI Average Salary in RI
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 710 $83,080
Producers and Directors 300 $65,660
Writers and Authors 180 $63,820

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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