2023 Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Florida
Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts School for You
With 656 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, drama and theater arts is the #68 most popular major in Florida.
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 Schools in Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 34 schools in Florida to see which ones were the most popular 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.
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2023 Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Florida
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools
Our analysis found Florida State University to be the most popular school for drama and theater arts students who want to pursue a degree in Florida. Florida State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tallahassee.
The average amount in student loans that theater majors at Florida State take out is $19,500.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Florida list. UCF is a very large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.
After completing their degree, theater graduates from UCF carry an average student debt load of $24,230.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valencia College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Florida list. Valencia College is a very large public school located in the city of Orlando.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Florida list. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.
On average, theater graduates from UF take out $15,285 in student loans while working on their degree.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Full Sail University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Florida list. Full Sail University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Winter Park.
Theater majors at Full Sail University take out an average of $21,750 in student loans while working on their egree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $582, based on a 10-year repayment plan.
Florida International University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Florida ranking. FIU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Miami.
The average amount in student loans that theater majors at FIU take out is $17,250.
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With a ranking of #7, University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drama and theater arts students. Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average amount in student loans that theater majors at USF Tampa take out is $22,772.
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With a ranking of #8, Florida Atlantic University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for drama and theater arts students. Located in the small city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
While working on their degree, theater majors at FAU accumulate an average of around $17,250 in student debt.
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The University of Tampa ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Florida list. Located in the city of Tampa, UT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
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Florida Southern College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular drama and theater arts programs. Florida Southern is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lakeland.
After completing their degree, theater graduates from Florida Southern carry an average student debt load of $26,000.
Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Georgia | 453 |
Virginia | 455 |
North Carolina | 498 |
Tennessee | 203 |
Kentucky | 181 |
South Carolina | 175 |
Louisiana | 168 |
Arkansas | 97 |
Alabama | 147 |
Mississippi | 64 |
West Virginia | 49 |
Drama & Theater Arts Related Majors
Drama & Theater Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 26 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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