2024 Best Musical Theater Schools in the Southwest Region
8Colleges in the Southwest Region
84Musical Theatre Degrees Awarded
Musical Theater is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #426 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Musical Theater Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 84 degrees in musical theater during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The musical theatre program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Musical Theater rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for musical theater schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Musical Theater in the Southwest Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the musical theatre degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat Texas Christian University if you wish to pursue a degree in musical theater. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means TCU is a great university overall.
There were about 10 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at TCU in the most recent data year.
University of Arizona is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in musical theater. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #133 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were about 11 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent year we have data available.
Texas State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in musical theater. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 20th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 16 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat University of Oklahoma Norman Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in musical theater. Located in the midsize suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #140 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Oklahoma is a great university overall.
There were about 7 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at University of Oklahoma in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 27th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 6 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at SHSU in the most recent data year.
UCO is a large public university located in the suburb of Edmond. This university ranks 8th out of 32 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were about 15 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at UCO in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the fringe town of Canyon, West Texas A&M University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 68th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 9 musical theater students who graduated with this degree at West Texas A&M University 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.
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The musical theatre program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Musical Theater rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for musical theater schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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