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2023 Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts Doctor's Degree School for You

Drama & Theater Arts is the #60 most popular major in the country with 17,341 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Drama & Theater Arts program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for theater majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Ohio State University - Main Campus the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for drama and theater arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a very large student population.

About 40% of the students majoring in theater at the school are women while 60% are male.

Full Drama & Theater Arts at Ohio State University - Main Campus Report

#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great place for drama and theater arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Women make up 50% of the theater majors at the school.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular drama and theater arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 2 students majoring in theater at UIUC, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. BGSU is a large public school located in the town of Bowling Green.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Indiana University - Bloomington helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular drama and theater arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

Full Drama & Theater Arts at Indiana University - Bloomington Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Drama & Theater Arts at University of Wisconsin - Madison Report

#7

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Wayne State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for drama and theater arts students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

Full Drama & Theater Arts at Wayne State University Report

#7

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree drama and theater arts programs. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best drama and theater arts schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 364
Ohio 523
Illinois 855
Indiana 315
Wisconsin 259

Drama & Theater Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Music 25,910
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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