Ranked #70 in popularity, theater arts is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of theater arts. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 160 degrees in theater arts annually.
Your choice of theater arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for theater arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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.
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 South Carolina list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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.
College of Charleston is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in theater arts. C of C is a large public college located in the medium-sized city of Charleston. A Best Colleges rank of #692 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means C of C is a great college overall.
There were about 19 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at C of C in the most recent data year.
Winthrop University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in theater arts. Winthrop is a small public university located in the small city of Rock Hill. This university ranks 13th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were roughly 34 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Winthrop in the most recent data year.
Coastal Carolina University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in theater arts. Coastal Carolina University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Conway. This university ranks 12th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were roughly 40 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Coastal Carolina University in the most recent data year.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for theater arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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