2024 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in New Mexico
2Colleges in New Mexico
40Theater Degrees Awarded
$20,416Avg Early-Career Salary
Drama & Theater Arts is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #59 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in New Mexico ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 40 degrees in drama & theater arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Best Schools for Drama & Theater Arts in New Mexico
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's hard to beat University of New Mexico - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in drama & theater arts. UNM is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Albuquerque. A Best Colleges rank of #514 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNM is a great university overall.
There were about 19 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the theater program report average early career income of $20,416.
Any student pursuing a degree in drama & theater arts has to look into Central New Mexico Community College. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 2nd out of 23 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were approximately 1 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at CNM in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in drama & theater arts needs to check out New Mexico State University - Main Campus. NMSU Main Campus is a large public university located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces. This university ranks 5th out of 23 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were approximately 9 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at NMSU Main Campus 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.
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