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2026 Highest Paid Drama And Theater Arts Grads in Maryland

[Drama And Theater Arts](/majors/visual-and-performing-arts/drama-and-theater-arts/) is a field where your choice of school can shape what you earn after graduation. The highest-paying schools turn a drama and theater arts degree into the strongest early-career earnings.

To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 3 schools on the early-career earnings of their drama and theater arts graduates.

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• Highest Paid Drama And Theater Arts Grads in Maryland

2026 Highest Paid Drama And Theater Arts Grads in Maryland

Below are the schools whose drama and theater arts graduates go on to earn the most.

Highest Paid Drama And Theater Arts Graduates

1

University Of Maryland College Park
College Park, MD

$38,656 Average Early-Career Salary

University Of Maryland College Park tops our 2026 list of the highest-paying drama and theater arts schools in Maryland. University Of Maryland College Park is a public school located in the suburb of College Park. Drama And Theater Arts graduates of University Of Maryland College Park earn a median of about $38,656 a year early in their careers.

2

Towson University
Towson, MD

$34,983 Average Early-Career Salary

Strong graduate earnings at Towson University earned it the #2 place for drama and theater arts. Located in the city of Towson, Towson University is a public institution. Students who complete the drama and theater arts program here go on to a median salary of roughly $34,983.

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University Of Maryland Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

$17,381 Average Early-Career Salary

University Of Maryland Baltimore County came in at #3 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying drama and theater arts schools. Located in the suburb of Baltimore, University Of Maryland Baltimore County is a public institution. Students who complete the drama and theater arts program here go on to a median salary of roughly $17,381.

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Notes and References

This list is compiled by College Factual, 2026 edition. The methodology measures the salaries drama and theater arts graduates go on to earn early in their careers, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).

Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.

*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.

• 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 our data about colleges.
• Graduate earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard) field-of-study earnings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.