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2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

There are about 607 students enrolled in Theatre Management in the USA.

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popularity

Not Very Popular

Compared to national avg.

Diplomas received last year

245

Vs. National Avg.

-98%

popularity Rank

#365

cost

Average

Compared to national avg.

Median degree cost

$31K

Vs. National Avg.

28%

cost Rank

#127

salary

Average

Compared to national avg.

Average Salary Two Years Out of School

$42K

Vs. National Avg.

5%

salary Rank

#195

professors

Not Very Good

Compared to national avg.

Professor Rating

C+

Vs. National Avg.

-3%

professors Rank

#301

students

Average

Compared to national avg.

Diversity Rating

B-

Vs. National Avg.

3%

students Rank

#190

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&nbsphere 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&nbspappears 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&nbspschools that might put the cost of Ithaca College&nbspinto 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&nbspin 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&nbspand 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&nbspand 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.

Top 25 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

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A

Rating

#1 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Howard University

Washington, DC | www.howard.edu/

39%

Acceptance

9,831

Students

#231

Ranking

$28K

Tuition

B

Rating

#2 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Western New England University

Springfield, MA | www1.wne.edu/

89%

Acceptance

4,005

Students

#739

Ranking

$39K

Tuition

A

Rating

#3 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Belmont University

Nashville, TN | www.belmont.edu/

83%

Acceptance

9,023

Students

#374

Ranking

$37K

Tuition

A

Rating

#4 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

The New School

New York, NY | https://www.newschool.edu/

69%

Acceptance

12,046

Students

#261

Ranking

$51K

Tuition

A

Rating

#5 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Wagner College

Staten Island, NY | www.wagner.edu/

70%

Acceptance

2,315

Students

#274

Ranking

$50K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#6 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Raleigh, NC | www.ncsu.edu/

46%

Acceptance

40,537

Students

#136

Ranking

$29K

Tuition

A

Rating

#7 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL | www.ucf.edu/

45%

Acceptance

81,082

Students

#200

Ranking

$22K

Tuition

A

Rating

#8 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Indiana University-Bloomington

Bloomington, IN | www.indiana.edu/

80%

Acceptance

46,441

Students

#265

Ranking

$38K

Tuition

A

Rating

#9 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Butler University

Indianapolis, IN | www.butler.edu/

76%

Acceptance

5,955

Students

#192

Ranking

$43K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#10 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA | https://drexel.edu/

77%

Acceptance

27,720

Students

#161

Ranking

$56K

Tuition

B+

Rating

#11 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

College of Charleston

Charleston, SC | www.cofc.edu/

74%

Acceptance

13,062

Students

#627

Ranking

$33K

Tuition

A−

Rating

#12 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, LA | www.loyno.edu/

72%

Acceptance

4,972

Students

#546

Ranking

$42K

Tuition

A−

Rating

#13 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Pace University

New York, NY | www.pace.edu/

83%

Acceptance

15,486

Students

#485

Ranking

$48K

Tuition

B+

Rating

#14 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Baldwin Wallace University

Berea, OH | https://www.bw.edu/

70%

Acceptance

4,066

Students

#585

Ranking

$35K

Tuition

B

Rating

#15 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Anderson University

Anderson, SC | www.andersonuniversity.edu/

59%

Acceptance

4,113

Students

#730

Ranking

$30K

Tuition

A

Rating

#16 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK | https://utulsa.edu/

69%

Acceptance

4,546

Students

#248

Ranking

$44K

Tuition

B

Rating

#17 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Midland University

Fremont, NE | https://www.midlandu.edu/

51%

Acceptance

2,035

Students

#774

Ranking

$36K

Tuition

A−

Rating

#18 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Simmons University

Boston, MA | www.simmons.edu/

83%

Acceptance

7,562

Students

#444

Ranking

$42K

Tuition

A

Rating

#19 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Elon University

Elon, NC | www.elon.edu/

72%

Acceptance

7,424

Students

#208

Ranking

$38K

Tuition

D+

Rating

#20 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, IL | www.colum.edu/

90%

Acceptance

7,668

Students

#1769

Ranking

$28K

Tuition

A

Rating

#21 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Fashion Institute of Technology

New York, NY | www.fitnyc.edu/

59%

Acceptance

9,869

Students

#219

Ranking

$16K

Tuition

F

Rating

#22 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

ECPI University

Virginia Beach, VA | www.ecpi.edu/

80%

Acceptance

19,401

Students

#2333

Ranking

$17K

Tuition

D

Rating

#23 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Los Angeles Film School

Hollywood, CA | www.lafilm.edu/

0%

Acceptance

6,753

Students

#2055

Ranking

$0

Tuition

D+

Rating

#24 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

University of North Alabama

Florence, AL | www.una.edu/

83%

Acceptance

9,185

Students

#1730

Ranking

$20K

Tuition

A

Rating

#25 2024 Best Colleges for Theatre Management

Seattle University

Seattle, WA | www.seattleu.edu/

83%

Acceptance

8,023

Students

#215

Ranking

$48K

Tuition

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