2025 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in New Jersey
7Colleges in New Jersey
227Theater Degrees Awarded
$22,179Avg Early-Career Salary
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 7 schools in New Jersey 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 227 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.
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Best Schools for Drama & Theater Arts in New Jersey
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.
Any student pursuing a degree in drama & theater arts needs to take a look at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.
There were about 40 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available. Drama & Theater Arts degree recipients from Rutgers University - New Brunswick earn a boost of about $2,591 above the average income of drama & theater arts majors.
Montclair State University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in drama & theater arts. Located in the large suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #290 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Montclair State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 68 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Montclair State in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the theater program earn around $18,474 in the first couple years of working.
Rowan University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in drama & theater arts. Rowan is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Glassboro. This university ranks 13th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 32 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Rowan in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the theater program earn around $18,558 in their early career salary.
Every student who is interested in drama & theater arts has to take a look at Rutgers University - Camden. Located in the city of Camden, Rutgers Camden is a public university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #248 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Rutgers Camden is a great university overall.
There were approximately 9 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers Camden in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the drama & theater arts degree program at Rutgers University - Camden make $2,591 more than the average college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
Kean is a large public university located in the suburb of Union. This university ranks 21st out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 20 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Kean in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Madison, Drew is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 37th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 12 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Drew in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, theater degree recipients usually earn around $13,710 in their early careers.
Located in the large suburb of Madison, FDU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 44th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 22 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at FDU in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the theater program report average early career wages of $16,666.
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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