If you plan on majoring in theater design & technology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #433 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 60 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of theater design & technology. Combined, these schools handed out 1,072 degrees in theater design & technology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Theater Design & Technology School
The theater design program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Theater Design & Technology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Theater Design & Technology 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.
Pick Your Theater Design & Technology Degree Level
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 Design & Technology Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Theater Design & Technology in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of theater design degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It is difficult to beat New York University if you wish to pursue a degree in theater design & technology. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 19 theater design & technology students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Southern California is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in theater design & technology. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 8 theater design & technology students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
Emerson College is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in theater design & technology. Located in the city of Boston, Emerson is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 16th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 19 theater design & technology students who graduated with this degree at Emerson in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Boston University if you wish to pursue a degree in theater design & technology. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 26 theater design & technology students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.
U-M is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were roughly 7 theater design & technology students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Chicago, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 9th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 15 theater design & technology students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
Purchase College is a small public college located in the large suburb of Purchase. This college ranks 53rd out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 29 theater design & technology students who graduated with this degree at Purchase College in the most recent year we have data available.
Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Syracuse. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Syracuse is a great university overall.
There were about 6 theater design & technology students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 21 theater design & technology students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent data year.
Ithaca is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small suburb of Ithaca. This college ranks 23rd out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 26 theater design & technology students who graduated with this degree at Ithaca in the most recent year we have data available.
MMC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of New York. This college ranks 35th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 7 theater design & technology students who graduated with this degree at MMC in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Theater Design & Technology Schools award.
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 design program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Theater Design & Technology rankings. We derive our Best Overall Theater Design & Technology 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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