a bachelor's degree in drama & theater arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #38 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 61 bachelor's degrees in drama & theater arts to qualified students.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on drama & theater arts students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other drama & theater arts students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for drama & theater arts to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized drama & theater arts related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for drama & theater arts students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Drama & Theater Arts in Rhode Island
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in drama & theater arts.
Top Rhode Island Schools for a Bachelor's in Theater
Rhode Island College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in drama & theater arts. Located in the large suburb of Providence, RIC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Those drama & theater arts students who get their bachelor's degree from Rhode Island College earn $2,488 more than the average theater student.
It is difficult to beat University of Rhode Island if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in drama & theater arts. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the theater program state that they receive average early career wages of $19,551.
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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