The main focus area for this major is Theater Arts. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Drama & Theater Arts is a major offered under the visual and performing arts program of study at Grand Valley State University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in theater, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
If there’s something special you’re looking for, you can use one of the links below to find it:
If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. The bachelor's program at GVSU was ranked #373 on College Factual's Best Schools for theater list. It is also ranked #7 in Michigan.
Here are some of the other rankings for GVSU.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at GVSU paid an average of $805 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $570 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $13,576 | $19,168 |
Books and Supplies | $740 | $740 |
On Campus Room and Board | $9,732 | $9,732 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,040 | $2,040 |
Learn more about GVSU tuition and fees.
The median early career salary of theater students who receive their bachelor’s degree from GVSU is $20,530 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $20,591.
GVSU 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 GVSU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 71.4% of the theater students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 65.2%.
Of those students who received a bachelor’s degree at GVSU in theater at 2019-2020, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 7 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Drama & Theater Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
---|---|
Theater Arts | 7 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to drama and theater arts.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
---|---|
Dance | 10 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 67 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 65 |
Music | 36 |
*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.