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 3 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for drama & theater arts students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 143 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. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The theater school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Oregon.
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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.
University of Oregon is a good option for students pursuing a degree in drama & theater arts. UO is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Eugene. A Best Colleges rank of #167 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UO is a great university overall.
There were approximately 9 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at UO in the most recent data year. Drama & Theater Arts degree recipients from University of Oregon get an earnings boost of about $3,085 over the typical earnings of drama & theater arts majors.
Southern Oregon University is a good option for students interested in a degree in drama & theater arts. Southern Oregon University is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Ashland. This university ranks 22nd out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were roughly 47 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Southern Oregon University in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the theater program make about $20,668 in the first couple years of working.
It's difficult to beat Lewis & Clark College if you wish to pursue a degree in drama & theater arts. Lewis and Clark College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Portland. This college ranks 10th out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 16 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Lewis and Clark College 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 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. 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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