SUMMARY
Choosing to study Theatre Management is not only a valuable choice, but naturally a mandatory first step for undergrads planning to pursue a career as an actor agent, a theater executive, or an executive producer. Interestingly, nationally, theatre management is an uncommon degree ranking as the 350th most popular major. Last year alone, there were 207 theatre management degrees conferred. In-state tuition for theatre management at private universities is, on average, 3.9 times more pricey than their public peers.
With only 40 institutions offering theatre management there could be limited options as to the institutions which will have a degree program for you. If you are hoping to surround yourself with other theatre management students, consider looking at institutions in New York which have more undergraduates admitted to theatre management than any other state. Zooming out, the best region to get a degree in theatre management is in the Mid East region with Howard University, Marymount Manhattan College, and Pace University best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection for the top conference to study theatre management is the Northeast 10 Conference with University of New Haven representing the conference. That being said, our selection for the best college for theatre management is Howard University. You may also want to check out our list of best colleges.
The overall best school is not necessarily the 'best' school for you. There might be lots more facets to consider when selecting ​university. Things such as campus amenities, transportation services, and food could affect your inclinations on where to go to school. At Authority, we have evaluated the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you are intrigued by which theatre management college has the top campus, the answer is Ithaca College. If, for example, you are very interested in which university is home to the best campus, we have an entire list dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through student reviews, government databases, professor reviews, and more in order to compare every U.S. major in an unbiased and informative way. You can find our comprehensive list for the colleges with the best student life here and from that list, our choice for the school with the best student life for theatre management is Ithaca College. Curious why? Keep scrolling to learn more about Authority's top selections. Some of our decisions might surprise you.
If cost is a major influence in your decisions, you might consider avoiding Ithaca College. Ithaca College appears to be the most expensive university for theatre management, at least for out of state attendance. We have an entire list of the most expensive schools that might put the cost of Ithaca College into perspective. Additionally, you could be interested to know that theatre management is the 168th most expensive degree in the nation, with an average associated cost of $32,600. On a broader scale, the most expensive state for theatre management on our list is New York at Ithaca College, Marymount Manhattan College, and Marymount Manhattan College - - of $45,274, $33,980, and $33,980. Even more broadly, the most expensive region of the U.S. for theatre management is unfortunately unavailable due to missing data.
Our cheapest region for theatre management is the Southwest region which is represented by The University of Texas at El Paso with a cost of $22,556 and Texas Wesleyan University with a cost of $27,644. On the bright side, the most affordable school for theatre management is The University of Texas at El Paso. Authority.org's comprehensive list of the most affordable colleges can be explored here.
In-state students can anticipate paying around $9,200 for a degree in theatre management. That cost inflates substantially to a median of $24,500 for the out-of-state public-school undergraduate. As such, you might be interested in our selection for the college with the best value for theatre management: Ithaca College. On this page you can find our comprehensive list of the schools we see as being the best value in general. Do know, this discussion is predicated on the assumption that you are an out-of-state student. The value proposition changes when in-state tuition is considered, but as we do not know what state(s) you might qualify for in-state tuition, we are approaching this discussion through out-of-state tuition costs.
Earnings for theatre management majors vary widely, but two-years after leaving college students will typically earn around $44,000. While there can be much variation in earnings potential; top earners can enjoy pay up to $76,800. Straight out of college, the minimum earning opportunities within the theatre management field make $24,100, which isn't that bad. The top earning graduates from theatre management graduated from Pace University and if you are looking for colleges with all of the highest earning graduates, we have that too.
The prevailing diversity of theatre management ranks on the higher end, being within the 74th percentile of all programs. The school with the most composite diversity for theatre management is Texas Wesleyan University and here you can find our comprehensive list for the universities with the most diversity. The financial diversity of Theatre Management is only within the 9th percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is actually greater, ranking in the 72nd percentile. White students make up the largest share at 44% of scholars studying theatre management. Additionally, 74% of students pursuing a theatre management major are women.
The median rating of theatre management professors is 4.35 stars, which is 9% better than the average across all majors; which is a pretty good ranking. If you are looking for the most popular theatre management instructor in the country, look no further than James Burton from Salisbury University. It may surprise you, but the best rated professors for theatre management by student are found at California State University-San Bernardino. If we incorporate data other than simply rankings we find that the school with the overall best professors for theatre management is Pace University. You can find an explanation of our evolving ranking methodology of the best overall professors here, along with many of the finest examples of instructors in the country.
Finally, the hardest college to get into for theatre management is Howard University. While we think of this list more as a novelty, we have an extensive page for the hardest colleges to get into. That being said, we hope you believe that looking at higher education with a perspective mainly built on superlatives might cause issues. We at Authority hope you look at some of our more focused pages on different colleges and peruse some of our insightful background pages on essential things to consider as your university search develops.