2025 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Nebraska
3Colleges in Nebraska
76Theater Degrees Awarded
$22,179Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in drama & theater arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #59 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Nebraska ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 76 degrees in drama & theater arts during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of drama & theater arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Drama & Theater Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The theater school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Nebraska.
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The schools below may not offer all types of theater degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in drama & theater arts needs to check out University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #207 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNL is a great university overall.
There were approximately 23 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the theater program earn an average of $21,627 in their early career salary.
It's difficult to beat Nebraska Wesleyan University if you wish to pursue a degree in drama & theater arts. NWU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Lincoln. This university ranks 13th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were approximately 25 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at NWU in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the theater program state that they receive average early career income of $23,649.
It's hard to beat University of Nebraska at Omaha if you want to pursue a degree in drama & theater arts. UNOMAHA is a large public university located in the large city of Omaha. A Best Colleges rank of #776 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNOMAHA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 8 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at UNOMAHA in the most recent data year.
University of Nebraska at Kearney is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in drama & theater arts. Located in the town of Kearney, UNK is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 11th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were roughly 5 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at UNK in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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Your choice of drama & theater arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Drama & Theater Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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