Theater & drama at Notre Dame
Notre Dame graduates about 64 theater majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 2nd of 642 schools we score for theater, a standout program at 98 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $65,000 four years out, 1.61× what the same major pays nationally.
Around Notre Dame
Where theater happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 98 · Academic 96 · Athletics 18 · Chapel 6 · Student housing 5 · Library 4.
Nearby in the theater ranking
Other strong majors at Notre Dame
- Political science & IR 98 · #2
- Math & statistics 98 · #7
- Languages 98 · #3
- Economics 97 · #6
- Finance 97 · #3
- Computer science 96 · #19
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Notre Dame 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.