Drama & Theater Arts is a major offered under the visual and performing arts program of study at Otterbein University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in theater, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, 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 Otterbein was ranked #99 on College Factual's Best Schools for theater list. It is also ranked #2 in Ohio.
Here are some of the other rankings for Otterbein.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Otterbein was $586 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $32,624 | $32,624 |
Fees | $450 | $450 |
Books and Supplies | $1,358 | $1,358 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,468 | $11,468 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,892 | $2,892 |
Learn more about Otterbein tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Otterbein 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 Otterbein make an average of $24,615 a year during the early days of their career. That is 20% higher than the national average of $20,591.
Online degrees for the Otterbein theater bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Otterbein Online Learning page.
Women made up around 52.2% of the theater students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 65.2%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in theater at Otterbein in 2019-2020, 13.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 20 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
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 | 6 |
Acting | 8 |
Musical Theater | 9 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to drama and theater arts.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Design & Applied Arts | 5 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 14 |
Music | 12 |
*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.