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.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Theater Arts Schools in Louisiana ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 198 degrees in theater arts to qualified students.
Your choice of theater arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
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 Theater Arts Schools in Louisiana list to help you make the college decision.
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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.
It is difficult to beat Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College if you wish to pursue a degree in theater arts. Louisiana State University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Baton Rouge. A Best Colleges rank of #357 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Louisiana State University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 50 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Louisiana State University in the most recent data year.
University of New Orleans is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in theater arts. UNO is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of New Orleans. This university ranks 22nd out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were about 79 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at UNO in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in theater arts needs to look into Northwestern State University of Louisiana. Located in the town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 14th out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were about 24 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at NSU in the most recent year we have data available.
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 theater arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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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