2025 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Minnesota
4Colleges in Minnesota
216Theater 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for drama & theater arts students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 216 degrees in drama & theater arts to qualified students.
The theater program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Drama & Theater Arts rankings. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Minnesota list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Drama & Theater Arts in Minnesota
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.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in drama & theater arts. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 57 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the theater program state that they receive average early career wages of $19,982.
St Olaf College is a great option for students interested in a degree in drama & theater arts. St. Olaf is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Northfield. A Best Colleges rank of #301 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means St. Olaf is a great college overall.
There were approximately 14 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at St. Olaf in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Minnesota - Duluth is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in drama & theater arts. UMN Duluth is a medium-sized public university located in the small city of Duluth. This university ranks 17th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 25 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at UMN Duluth in the most recent year we have data available. Those drama & theater arts students who get their degree from University of Minnesota - Duluth earn $4,572 more than the average theater grad.
Any student pursuing a degree in drama & theater arts needs to take a look at Minnesota State University - Mankato. Located in the city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 25 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Minnesota State Mankato in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the drama & theater arts program at Minnesota State University - Mankato make $2,492 above the typical graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
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.
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The theater program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Drama & Theater Arts rankings. 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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