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Theater & drama at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley graduates about 29 theater majors a year. That puts it 7th of 642 schools we score for theater, a standout program at 95 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $56,000 four years out, 1.38× what the same major pays nationally.

95/100Standout#7 of 642 for theater →
Graduates a year29under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$56,0001.38× the same major nationally
Research in the field$918Ka year, NSF
Admit rate11%whole school

Around UC Berkeley

Sather Tower
Sather Tower 2013-09-29 13-34-23Photo: EricDLee · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
South Hall is the oldest building on the campus of University of California, Ber
Berkeley - South HallPhoto: roger4336 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Wheeler Hall
Wheeler Hall - panoramioPhoto: Alexander Gude · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Wheeler Hall Room 150 at UC Berkeley
Wheeler Hall Room 150 at UC Berkeley (54263464661)Photo: Gabriel Classon · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Hearst Greek Theatre.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 124 · Dorm 27 · Athletics 15 · Student housing 8 · Arts 7 · Library 7.

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Nearby in the theater ranking

  1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 97
  2. University of California, Davis 97
  3. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 96
  4. Emory University 95
  5. Chapman University 95
  6. Northeastern University 94
  7. Yale University 94
  8. Columbia University 93

Other strong majors at UC Berkeley

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC Berkeley 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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