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Theater & drama at UT Austin

UT Austin graduates about 64 theater majors a year. That puts it 12th of 642 schools we score for theater, a standout program at 93 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $49,000 four years out, 1.21× what the same major pays nationally.

93/100Standout#12 of 642 for theater →
Graduates a year64under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$49,0001.21× the same major nationally
Research in the field$920Ka year, NSF
Admit rate27%whole school
SAT middle 50%1230–1500whole school

Around UT Austin

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks at a scene-setter video while touring t
Secretary Kerry Looks at a Scene-Setter Video While Touring the LBJ PresidentialPhoto: U.S. Department of State from United States · Public domain · source
Looking north from the Stadium
Looking north from the Stadium - panoramioPhoto: Idawriter · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Alpha Phi Omega runs the flag before home games; always a crowd pleaser!
The World's Largest Texas FlagPhoto: Klobetime · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium
Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium - panoramioPhoto: Todd Dwyer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Laboratory Theatre Building, F Loren Winship Drama Building, College of Fine Arts Performing Arts Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 142 · Dorm 16 · Athletics 11 · Arts 7 · Chapel 3 · Library 3.

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Nearby in the theater ranking

  1. Chapman University 95
  2. Northeastern University 94
  3. Yale University 94
  4. Columbia University 93
  5. New York University 93
  6. Vanderbilt University 92
  7. University of Wisconsin–Madison 92
  8. University of Utah 92

Other strong majors at UT Austin

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UT Austin 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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