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 looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Theater Arts Schools in Arizona ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 149 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.
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 Arizona list to help you make the college decision.
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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.
It's hard to beat University of Arizona if you wish to pursue a degree in theater arts. University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the large city of Tucson. A Best Colleges rank of #110 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were approximately 12 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year.
Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in theater arts. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were about 65 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in theater arts needs to look into Northern Arizona University. NAU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Flagstaff. This university ranks 7th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were about 16 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at NAU in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Grand Canyon University if you wish to pursue a degree in theater arts. Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix. This university ranks 5th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were about 17 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Grand Canyon University 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.
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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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