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 University of Pennsylvania. 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.
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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. UPenn is in the top 10% of the country for theater. More specifically it was ranked #33 out of 606 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #4 in Pennsylvania.
Here are some of the other rankings for UPenn.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at UPenn was $1,892 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-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 | $53,166 | $53,166 |
Fees | $6,876 | $6,876 |
Books and Supplies | $1,358 | $1,358 |
On Campus Room and Board | $16,784 | $16,784 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,926 | $2,926 |
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UPenn 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 UPenn Online Learning page.
Women made up around 66.7% of the theater students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 65.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 33.3% of the theater bachelor’s degrees at UPenn in 2019-2020. 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 | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 2 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
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 | 12 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 25 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 42 |
Music | 8 |
*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.