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Theater & drama at UC Davis

UC Davis graduates about 18 theater majors a year. That puts it 4th of 642 schools we score for theater, a standout program at 97 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $57,000 four years out, 1.41× 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.

Graduates a year18under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$57,0001.41× the same major nationally
Research in the field$5Ma year, NSF
Admit rate44%whole school

Around UC Davis

UC Davis Health Stadium, home of the UC Davis Aggies football
UC Davis Health Stadium aerial view 2024Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0 · source
UCD Health Stadium front gate (Gate 1) with tule fog in December 2025
UCDHS Tule FogPhoto: Wasian127 · CC BY 4.0 · source
UC Davis vs Montana State during a home game in the 2024 Season
AgStadium vs Montana State '24Photo: Wasian127 · CC BY 4.0 · source
UC Davis Health Stadium, home of the UC Davis Aggies football
UC Davis Health Stadium view from above 2024Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0 · source

Where theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Wyatt Theater, Amphitheater.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 204 · Student housing 77 · Dorm 48 · Athletics 12 · Arts 6 · Dining 3.

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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 Michigan–Ann Arbor 96
  5. Emory University 95
  6. University of California, Berkeley 95
  7. Chapman University 95

Other strong majors at UC Davis

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC Davis 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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