2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in New Jersey

A master's degree in drama and theater arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #78 out of 326 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in New Jersey ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 20 master's degrees in drama and theater arts during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Drama & Theater Arts School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in theater matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in New Jersey ranking is to help you make that choice.

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality drama and theater arts program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Drama & Theater Arts Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for drama and theater arts.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Drama & Theater Arts in New Jersey

Learn about the most popular colleges and universities for drama and theater arts students seeking a a master's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Theater Students Working on Their Master's

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

10 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Rutgers University - New Brunswick if you wish to pursue a master's degree in drama and theater arts. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in drama and theater arts in New Jersey.

There were about 10 drama and theater arts individuals who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in drama and theater arts from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ

8 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in drama and theater arts has to check out Montclair State University. Located in the large suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in drama and theater arts in New Jersey.

There were approximately 8 drama and theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Montclair State in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in drama and theater arts from Montclair State University

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Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ

2 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in drama and theater arts has to look into Rowan University. Rowan is a large public university located in the suburb of Glassboro. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for master's degrees in drama and theater arts in New Jersey.

There were approximately 2 drama and theater arts individuals who graduated with this degree at Rowan in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in drama and theater arts from Rowan University

Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Drama & Theater Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	249	318
Pennsylvania	238	82
Maryland	190	9
District of Columbia	151	36

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Rankings in Majors Related to Theater

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	20

Most Popular Majors Related to Theater

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music	118
Fine & Studio Arts	45
Dance	13
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	1

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge. More about our data sources and methodologies.