2025 Best Musical Theater Schools in the Plains States Region
4Colleges in the Plains States Region
52Musical 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 4 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of musical theater. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 52 degrees in musical theater annually.
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The musical theatre program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Musical Theater rankings. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Musical Theater Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
Best Schools for Musical Theater in the Plains States 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 musical theatre degree levels they offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Musical Theatre
University of Iowa is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in musical theater. Iowa is a fairly large public university located in the city of Iowa City. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were roughly 2 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Webster University if you wish to pursue a degree in musical theater. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, Webster is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 6th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 15 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at Webster in the most recent data year.
Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
Any student who is interested in musical theater needs to take a look at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Located in the city of Lincoln, NWU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 13th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were about 3 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at NWU in the most recent data year.
Stephens College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in musical theater. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Stephens is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
There were about 13 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at Stephens 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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The musical theatre program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Musical Theater rankings. 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.
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