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.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Theater Arts Schools in Arizona ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 158 degrees in theater arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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 is difficult 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 #133 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were about 23 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent year we have data available.
Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in theater arts. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were approximately 70 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in theater arts has to check out Northern Arizona University. NAU is a very large public university located in the small city of Flagstaff. This university ranks 5th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 22 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at NAU in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult 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 4th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 11 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.
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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