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Theater & drama at Rutgers

Rutgers graduates about 42 theater majors a year. That puts it 63rd of 642 schools we score for theater, a standout program at 83 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $43,000 four years out, 1.06× what the same major pays nationally.

83/100Standout#63 of 642 for theater →
Graduates a year42under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$43,0001.06× the same major nationally
Research in the field$390Ka year, NSF
Admit rate58%whole school
SAT middle 50%1270–1480whole school

Around Rutgers

The Second Reformed Church of New Brunswick, also known as the College Avenue Co
Second Reformed Church, New Brunswick, NJPhoto: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
View of the steeple of the Second Reformed Church, also known as the College Ave
Steeple, Second Reformed Church, New Brunswick, NJPhoto: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
New Brunswick, NJ
New Brunswick Theological Seminary (55143271800)Photo: ajay_suresh · CC BY 4.0 · source
Two bicycles sit in the foreground of a misty morning at Rutgers University, New
Early Morning Bikes in the FogPhoto: Askarion · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where theater happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 56 · Dorm 13 · Chapel 3 · Dining 3 · Library 2 · Athletics 1.

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Nearby in the theater ranking

  1. Boston College 83
  2. Tufts University 83
  3. Swarthmore College 83
  4. Amherst College 83
  5. San Francisco State University 83
  6. Pepperdine University 83
  7. George Mason University 82
  8. University of California, Santa Barbara 82

Other strong majors at Rutgers

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Rutgers 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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