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2025 Best Musical Theater Schools in Pennsylvania

3 Colleges in Pennsylvania
76 Musical Theatre Degrees Awarded
A degree in musical theater is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #426 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of musical theater. Combined, these schools handed out 76 degrees in musical theater to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

Choosing a Great Musical Theater School

Best Musical Theater Schools in Pennsylvania Your choice of musical theater school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Musical Theater 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.

Musical Theater Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Musical Theatre
Master's Degrees in Musical Theatre

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Musical Theater Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Musical Theater in Pennsylvania

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

Top Pennsylvania Schools in Musical Theatre

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Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In PA

Temple University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in musical theater. Temple is a fairly large public university located in the city of Philadelphia.

There were roughly 17 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in musical theater from Temple University

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The University of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In PA
31 Musical Theatre Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in musical theater has to check out The University of the Arts. UArts is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.

There were about 31 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at UArts in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in musical theater from The University of the Arts

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Masters Degree Type
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Point Park University
Pittsburgh, PA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In PA
45.8% Growth in Graduates

Point Park University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in musical theater. Point Park is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Pittsburgh.

There were roughly 24 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at Point Park in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in musical theater from Point Park University

Best Musical Theater Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Musical Theater Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
New York 1,026 246
District of Columbia 441 7

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Musical Theater is one of 11 different types of Drama & Theater Arts programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theater Arts 420
Acting 121
Theater Design & Technology 38
Directing & Theatrical Production 38
Playwriting & Screenwriting 31
Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft 17
Costume Design 1

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