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Theater & drama at Chapman

Chapman graduates about 100 theater majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it 8th of 642 schools we score for theater, a standout program at 95 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $52,000 four years out, 1.28× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $1 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

95/100Standout#8 of 642 for theater →
Graduates a year1005% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$52,0001.28× the same major nationally
Research in the field$1Ma year, NSF
Admit rate72%whole school
SAT middle 50%1200–1400whole school

Around Chapman

A side view of the historic Orange Theatre in the district in California.
Orange Theatre sidePhoto: Sewageboy · CC0 · source
Orange Intermediate School-Central Grammar School
370 North Glassell, Orange, Ca.Photo: Marty Rice · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
"NAMM Week: Songwriter Series" Songwriters Round at The Ugly Mug Cafe in Orange
Songwriters Round 1 22 2014 -12 (12168881945)Photo: Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source
California, USA - April 2016 Los Angeles
Orange County (26439232201)Photo: Sergei Gussev · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Waltmar Theater.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 16 · Dorm 4 · Athletics 2 · Arts 2 · Chapel 1 · Library 1.

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Nearby in the theater ranking

  1. University of California, Davis 97
  2. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 96
  3. Emory University 95
  4. University of California, Berkeley 95
  5. Northeastern University 94
  6. Yale University 94
  7. Columbia University 93
  8. The University of Texas–Austin 93

Other strong majors at Chapman

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Chapman with every school we score in theater. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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