Theater & drama at USF
USF graduates about 24 theater majors a year. That puts it 50th of 642 schools we score for theater, a standout program at 85 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $46,000 four years out, 1.13× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $4 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around USF
Where theater happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Theatre II, Teaching Auditorium and Theatre I, Theatre Arts Rehearsal Building.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 72 · Dorm 15 · Arts 12 · Athletics 11 · Student housing 7 · Dining 3.
Nearby in the theater ranking
Other strong majors at USF
- Accounting 83 · #71
- Computer science 82 · #97
- Education 81 · #43
- Communications & media 80 · #124
- Business & finance 78 · #124
- Nursing 78 · #54
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares USF 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.