2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Musical Theater in California

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Musical Theater in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 20 bachelor's degrees in musical theater during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Musical Theater School for Your Bachelor's Degree

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality musical theater program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

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We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. Plus, you can view our other rankings for musical theater.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Musical Theater in California

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in musical theater.

Most Well Attended Schools for Musical Theatre Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA

9 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

University of California - Irvine is a popular option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in musical theater. UC Irvine is a very large public university located in the large city of Irvine. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in musical theater in California.

There were roughly 9 musical theater individuals who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent year we have data available.

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California State University - Chico
Chico, CA

7 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CA

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in musical theater has to check out California State University - Chico. Located in the midsize city of Chico, Chico State is a public university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in musical theater in California.

There were approximately 7 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at Chico State in the most recent data year.

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3

Vanguard University of Southern California
Costa Mesa, CA

4 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In CA

Vanguard University of Southern California is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in musical theater. Vanguard is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Costa Mesa. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for bachelor's degrees in musical theater in California.

There were approximately 4 musical theater individuals who graduated with this degree at Vanguard in the most recent year we have data available.

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Saint Mary's College of California
Moraga, CA

Saint Mary's College of California is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in musical theater. SMC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Moraga. More information about a bachelor’s in musical theater from Saint Mary’s College of California

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Musical Theater Related Rankings by Major

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Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge. More about our data sources and methodologies.