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2025 Best Comedy Writing and Performance Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2 Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
39 Comedy Writing and Performance Degrees Awarded
If you're seeking a degree in comedy writing and performance, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #1130 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for comedy writing and performance students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 39 degrees in comedy writing and performance annually.

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Bachelor's Degrees in Comedy Writing and Performance

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Comedy Writing and Performance Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Comedy Writing and Performance in the Great Lakes Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the comedy writing and performance degree levels they offer.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Comedy Writing and Performance

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
39 Comedy Writing and Performance Degrees Awarded

Columbia College Chicago is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in comedy writing and performance. Located in the large city of Chicago, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a degree in comedy writing and performance from Columbia College Chicago

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DePaul University
Chicago, IL

Any student who is interested in comedy writing and performance has to check out DePaul University. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in comedy writing and performance from DePaul University

Best Comedy Writing and Performance Colleges by State

Explore the best comedy writing and performance schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Illinois 870 42

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One of 11 majors within the Drama & Theater Arts area of study, Comedy Writing and Performance has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theater Arts 1,437
Acting 249
Musical Theater 222
Theater Design & Technology 177
Playwriting & Screenwriting 64
Directing & Theatrical Production 43
Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft 26
Theatre and Dance 24
Theatre Literature, History & Criticism 4

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