2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Theatre Literature, History & Criticism

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Theatre Literature, History and Criticism Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 51 people earned their degree in theatre literature, history and criticism, making the major the 1098th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 theatre literature, history and criticism graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Theatre Literature, History and Criticism Major” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in theatre literature, history and criticism. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their theatre literature, history and criticism program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Theatre Literature, History and Criticism Major” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Theatre Literature, History and Criticism Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree theatre literature, history and criticism students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Theatre Literature, History & Criticism

1

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, Maryland

Top 5% overall quality in United States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Theatre Literature, History and Criticism Major. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s theatre literature, history and criticism students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Theatre Literature, History & Criticism at University of Maryland - College Park

2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

Top 5% overall quality in United States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Theatre Literature, History and Criticism Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. UW Seattle is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 0 doctorate’s theatre literature, history and criticism degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Theatre Literature, History & Criticism at UW Seattle

Notes and References

References

• 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.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.