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 Northeastern University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in theater, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. Northeastern is in the top 10% of the country for theater. More specifically it was ranked #46 out of 606 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #9 in Massachusetts.
Here are some of the other rankings for Northeastern.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Northeastern paid an average of $1,638 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $54,360 | $54,360 |
Fees | $1,092 | $1,092 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $17,480 | $17,480 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,800 | $1,800 |
Learn more about Northeastern tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the Northeastern theater bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Northeastern Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in theater in 2019-2020, all of them were women.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in theater at Northeastern 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 | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 0 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
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 | 3 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to drama and theater arts.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Visual & Performing Arts | 16 |
Design & Applied Arts | 49 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 7 |
Music | 33 |
*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.