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

If you plan on getting your master's degree in drama and theater arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #78 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Connecticut ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 65 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

The theater master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Drama & Theater Arts in Connecticut ranking.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for drama and theater arts, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for drama and theater arts.

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

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in drama and theater arts.

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

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Yale University
New Haven, CT

45 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CT

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in drama and theater arts has to take a look at Yale University. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in drama and theater arts in Connecticut.

There were approximately 45 drama and theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent year we have data available.

Master's students who receive their degree from the theater program make around $25,000 for their early career.

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

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University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

20 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CT

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in drama and theater arts has to take a look at University of Connecticut. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very 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 Connecticut.

There were about 20 drama and theater arts individuals who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year.

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

3

Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Wesleyan University if you want to pursue a master's degree in drama and theater arts. Wesleyan U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Middletown. More information about a master’s in drama and theater arts from Wesleyan University

Best Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	215	47
Rhode Island	116	21
New Hampshire	102	0
Vermont	88	0
Maine	86	0

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Drama & Theater Arts Related Rankings by Major

Drama & Theater Arts is one of 10 different types of Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Theater Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Theater Design & Technology	26
Theater Arts	20
Acting	12
Directing & Theatrical Production	4
Playwriting & Screenwriting	3

Majors Similar to Theater

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music	173
Fine & Studio Arts	78
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	39
Design & Applied Arts	27
Arts & Media Management	12

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.