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Theater & drama at Illinois

Illinois graduates about 34 theater majors a year. That puts it 3rd of 642 schools we score for theater, a standout program at 97 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $49,000 four years out, 1.22× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $2 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

97/100Standout#3 of 642 for theater →
Graduates a year34under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$49,0001.22× the same major nationally
Research in the field$2Ma year, NSF
Admit rate42%whole school
SAT middle 50%1390–1520whole school

Around Illinois

Mount Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum gate, Urbana, IL
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, United States
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Where theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Music and Performing Arts Library, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 144 · Student housing 84 · Dorm 45 · Athletics 22 · Arts 9 · Dining 6.

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Nearby in the theater ranking

  1. Northwestern University 100
  2. University of Notre Dame 98
  3. University of California, Davis 97
  4. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 96
  5. Emory University 95
  6. University of California, Berkeley 95

Other strong majors at Illinois

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Illinois 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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