If you plan on majoring in drama & theater arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #59 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for drama & theater arts students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 191 degrees in drama & theater arts annually.
Your choice of drama & theater arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Drama & Theater Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
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 Arizona list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of theater degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student pursuing a degree in drama & theater arts has to look into University of Arizona. University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the city of Tucson. A Best Colleges rank of #110 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were roughly 41 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the drama & theater arts degree program at University of Arizona earn $3,869 above the typical graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Any student pursuing a degree in drama & theater arts has to check out Arizona State University - Tempe. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were roughly 65 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available. Drama & Theater Arts degree recipients from Arizona State University - Tempe receive an earnings boost of around $3,122 over the average income of drama & theater arts graduates.
It is difficult to beat Northern Arizona University if you want to pursue a degree in drama & theater arts. NAU is a very large public university located in the city of Flagstaff. This university ranks 7th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were about 16 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at NAU in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the theater program earn around $23,043 for their early career.
Every student pursuing a degree in drama & theater arts has to take a look at Grand Canyon University. Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit university located in the city of Phoenix. This university ranks 5th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 17 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Grand Canyon University in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, theater degree recipients generally earn about $21,760 in their early careers.
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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Your choice of drama & theater arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Drama & Theater Arts 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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