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Theater & drama at San Diego State University

San Diego State University graduates about 46 theater majors a year. That puts it 56th of 642 schools we score for theater, a standout program at 84 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $42,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $2 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

84/100Standout#56 of 642 for theater →
Graduates a year46under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$42,0001.04× the same major nationally
Research in the field$2Ma year, NSF
Admit rate37%whole school

Around San Diego State University

The Smashing Pumpkins live at the Open Air Theatre in San Diego, September 19, 2
The Smashing Pumpkins live in San Diego 2007-09-19Photo: Travis Rigel Lukas Hornung · CC BY 2.0 · source
Front entry to the Open Air Theater at San Diego State University
Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air TheaterPhoto: TylerRogers · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Chapultepec Hall dorm at San Diego State University.
ChapultepecHallSDSUFeb07Photo: Nehrams2020 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
College West, San Diego, CA, USA
College West, San Diego, CA, USA - panoramio (3)Photo: Roman Eugeniusz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Open Air Theater, Dramatic Arts, Little Theatre.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 29 · Dorm 28 · Student housing 7 · Athletics 6 · Arts 3 · Dining 2.

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Nearby in the theater ranking

  1. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 85
  2. University of Central Florida 85
  3. George Washington University 84
  4. Miami University–Oxford 84
  5. Wesleyan University 84
  6. Middlebury College 84
  7. Boston College 83
  8. Tufts University 83

Other strong majors at San Diego State University

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares San Diego State University 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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