Drama & Theater Arts is a major offered under the visual and performing arts program of study at Marymount Manhattan College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in theater, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at MMC was ranked #300 on College Factual's Best Schools for theater list. It is also ranked #34 in New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for MMC.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at MMC paid an average of $1,188 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $35,680 | $35,680 |
Fees | $1,730 | $1,730 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $18,894 | $18,894 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $6,500 | $6,500 |
Learn more about MMC tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at MMC in Theater walked away with an average of $27,000 in student debt. That is 16% higher than the national average of $23,238.
theater who receive their bachelor’s degree from MMC make an average of $22,554 a year during the early days of their career. That is 10% higher than the national average of $20,591.
MMC does not offer an online option for its theater bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the MMC Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in theater in 2019-2020, 64.4% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 65.2%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in theater at MMC in 2019-2020, 25.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 6 |
Hispanic or Latino | 22 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 98 |
International Students | 8 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 12 |
Drama & Theater Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Theater Design & Technology | 11 |
Playwriting & Screenwriting | 8 |
Theatre Literature, History & Criticism | 5 |
Acting | 76 |
Directing & Theatrical Production | 12 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Dance | 61 |
Design & Applied Arts | 10 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 29 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 15 |
Arts & Media Management | 17 |
*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.