A degree in musical theater is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #426 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Musical Theater Schools in Michigan ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 52 degrees in musical theater to qualified students.
Your choice of musical theater school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Musical Theater School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The musical theatre school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Musical Theater Schools in Michigan.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the musical theatre degree levels they offer.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in musical theater. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were about 19 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.
Western Michigan University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in musical theater. WMU is a large public university located in the city of Kalamazoo. A Best Colleges rank of #335 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means WMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 10 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent data year.
Oakland University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in musical theater. Located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 13 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at Oakland in the most recent data year.
Central Michigan University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in musical theater. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 7 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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Your choice of musical theater school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Musical Theater School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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