If you pursue a degree in theater arts, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #70 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Idaho to determine which ones were the best for theater arts students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 97 degrees in theater arts annually.
The theater program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Theater Arts rankings. We derive our Best Overall Theater Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Theater Arts Schools in Idaho list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the theater degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Idaho is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in theater arts. U of I is a large public university located in the distant town of Moscow. This university ranks 2nd out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were approximately 44 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at U of I in the most recent data year.
Boise State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in theater arts. Located in the midsize city of Boise, Boise State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #512 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Boise State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 11 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Boise State in the most recent year we have data available.
Brigham Young University - Idaho is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in theater arts. Located in the town of Rexburg, BYU - I is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 10 colleges for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were approximately 27 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at BYU - I in the most recent data year.
One of 11 majors within the Drama & Theater Arts area of study, Theater Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.
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).
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The theater program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Theater Arts rankings. We derive our Best Overall 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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