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2025 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Washington

5 Colleges in Washington
191 Theater Degrees Awarded
$22,179 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in drama & theater arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #59 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 5 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of drama & theater arts. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 191 degrees in drama & theater arts annually.

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Choosing a Great Drama & Theater Arts School

Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Washington Your choice of drama & theater arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for drama & theater arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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.

Drama & Theater Arts Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Theater
Master's Degrees in Theater
Doctor's Degrees in Theater

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 Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Washington list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Drama & Theater Arts in Washington

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

Top Washington Schools in Theater

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
40 Theater Degrees Awarded
$26,390 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in drama & theater arts needs to look into University of Washington - Seattle Campus. UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the large city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.

There were approximately 40 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the drama & theater arts major at University of Washington - Seattle Campus earn $4,211 more than the standard college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
42 Theater Degrees Awarded
2.4% Growth in Graduates

Western Washington University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in drama & theater arts. Located in the city of Bellingham, WWU is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #287 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WWU is a great university overall.

There were roughly 42 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent data year. Drama & Theater Arts degree recipients from Western Washington University receive an earnings boost of approximately $2,079 above the average income of drama & theater arts graduates.

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Central Washington University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in drama & theater arts. CWU is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Ellensburg. This university ranks 6th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.

There were approximately 29.000000000000004 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at CWU in the most recent year we have data available. Drama & Theater Arts degree recipients from Central Washington University earn a boost of approximately $2,495 over the average earnings of drama & theater arts graduates.

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4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$19,045 Median Starting Salary
$76,686 Median Student Debt

Cornish College of the Arts is a good decision for students interested in a degree in drama & theater arts. Located in the city of Seattle, Cornish College of the Arts is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

There were roughly 26 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Cornish College of the Arts 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 $19,045.

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5
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$25,754 Median Starting Salary

PLU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Tacoma. This university ranks 9th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.

There were about 8 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at PLU in the most recent year we have data available. Those drama & theater arts students who get their degree from Pacific Lutheran University earn $3,575 more than the typical theater grad.

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Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
California 330 2,820
Oregon 266 176
Nevada 192 82
Hawaii 164 20
Alaska 119 13

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One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Drama & Theater Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Theater Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Theater Arts 131
Acting 26
Musical Theater 15
Theater Design & Technology 12
Directing & Theatrical Production 6
Costume Design 1

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Design & Applied Arts 651
Music 387
Fine & Studio Arts 373
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 177
Dance 44
Arts & Media Management 32
Other Visual Art 14
General Visual & Performing Arts 8

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