2025 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Massachusetts
8Colleges in Massachusetts
586Theater Degrees Awarded
$22,179Avg Early-Career Salary
Drama & Theater Arts is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #59 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for drama & theater arts students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 586 degrees in drama & theater arts annually.
Your choice of drama & theater arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Drama & Theater Arts School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Massachusetts list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Drama & Theater Arts in Massachusetts
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the theater degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's hard to beat Boston University if you wish to pursue a degree in drama & theater arts. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 76 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the theater program make around $21,508 in the first couple years of their career.
Emerson College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in drama & theater arts. Emerson is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the city of Boston. This college ranks 16th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 146 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Emerson in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, theater degree recipients usually make an average of $19,560 in the first five years of their career.
Any student pursuing a degree in drama & theater arts has to look into Northeastern University. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northeastern is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in drama & theater arts has to take a look at University of Massachusetts Amherst. UMass Amherst is a very large public university located in the small city of Amherst. A Best Colleges rank of #60 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMass Amherst is a great university overall.
There were approximately 26 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of South Hadley, Mt. Holyoke is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 36th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 10 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Mt. Holyoke in the most recent data year.
Dean College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Franklin. This college ranks 55th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 24 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Dean College in the most recent data year. Drama & Theater Arts degree recipients from Dean College get an earnings boost of about $7,460 above the typical income of drama & theater arts majors.
Located in the large city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 25th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 14 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at UMass Boston 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. For our Best Overall Drama & Theater Arts School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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