by our College Data Analytics TeamThe 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 Occidental College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in theater, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, 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. Oxy is in the top 10% of the country for theater. More specifically it was ranked #52 out of 606 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #8 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for Oxy.
Part-time undergraduates at Oxy paid an average of $2,333 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $55,980 | $55,980 |
| Fees | $596 | $596 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,240 | $1,240 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $16,600 | $16,600 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $1,500 | $1,500 |
Learn more about Oxy tuition and fees.
theater who receive their bachelor’s degree from Oxy make an average of $26,353 a year during the early days of their career. That is 28% higher than the national average of $20,591.
Online degrees for the Oxy 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 Oxy Online Learning page.
About 66.7% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in theater in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 65.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 22.2% of the theater bachelor’s degrees at Oxy in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Theater Arts | 9 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to drama and theater arts.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 24 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 17 |
| Music | 11 |
*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.
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