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Theater & drama at Michigan

Michigan graduates about 58 theater majors a year. That puts it 5th of 642 schools we score for theater, a standout program at 96 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $46,000 four years out, 1.14× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $5 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

96/100Standout#5 of 642 for theater →
Graduates a year58under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$46,0001.14× the same major nationally
Research in the field$5Ma year, NSF
Admit rate16%whole school
SAT middle 50%1370–1530whole school

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Nearby in the theater ranking

  1. Northwestern University 100
  2. University of Notre Dame 98
  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 97
  4. University of California, Davis 97
  5. Emory University 95
  6. University of California, Berkeley 95
  7. Chapman University 95
  8. Northeastern University 94

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Michigan 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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