A degree in drama & theater arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #59 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Nevada ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 82 degrees in drama & theater arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The theater program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Drama & Theater Arts rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for drama & theater arts 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.
The theater 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 Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Nevada.
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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 theater degree levels they offer.
University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a great choice for students interested in a degree in drama & theater arts. UNLV is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas. A Best Colleges rank of #149 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNLV is a great university overall.
There were approximately 60 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at UNLV in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the theater program make an average of $29,759 for their early career.
It is difficult to beat University of Nevada - Reno if you want to pursue a degree in drama & theater arts. UNR is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Reno. This university ranks 2nd out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nevada.
There were roughly 13 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at UNR in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat College of Southern Nevada if you want to pursue a degree in drama & theater arts. CSN is a very large public college located in the large city of Las Vegas. This college ranks 3rd out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Nevada.
There were roughly 9 drama & theater arts students who graduated with this degree at CSN in the most recent data year.
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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