Drama & Theater Arts is a major offered under the visual and performing arts program of study at University of Arizona. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in theater, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at University of Arizona was ranked #159 on College Factual's Best Schools for theater list. It is also ranked #1 in Arizona.
Here are some of the other rankings for University of Arizona.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at University of Arizona paid an average of $1,386 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $785 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $10,990 | $33,273 |
Fees | $1,394 | $1,394 |
Books and Supplies | $800 | $800 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,350 | $13,350 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,550 | $3,550 |
Learn more about University of Arizona tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Theater students who received their bachelor’s degree at University of Arizona took out an average of $18,750 in student loans. That is 19% lower than the national average of $23,238.
The median early career salary of theater students who receive their bachelor’s degree from University of Arizona is $27,409 per year. That is 33% higher than the national average of $20,591.
University of Arizona does not offer an online option for its theater bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the University of Arizona Online Learning page.
Women made up around 59.6% of the theater students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 65.2%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in theater at University of Arizona in 2019-2020, 33.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 5 |
Hispanic or Latino | 9 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 37 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Drama & Theater Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Theater Arts | 23 |
Theater Design & Technology | 27 |
Musical Theater | 7 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to drama and theater arts.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Dance | 28 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 73 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 92 |
Music | 41 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.