Theater Arts is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #70 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of theater arts. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 81 degrees in theater arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Theater Arts Schools in Rhode Island ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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.
Every student who is interested in theater arts has to take a look at Brown University. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Providence. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 22 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year.
Rhode Island College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in theater arts. RIC is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Providence. This college ranks 9th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were approximately 24 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at RIC in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat University of Rhode Island if you want to pursue a degree in theater arts. URI is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Kingston. This university ranks 4th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were about 25 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at URI 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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