Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft

1,525 programs at U.S. colleges award 16,489 credentials a year in this field (CIP 50.05). Bachelor's graduates nationally earn a median of $39,775 four years after graduating.

Highest-paying Undergraduate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
American Musical and Dramatic Academy New York, NY	$17,382	$12,000	364
New York Film Academy Burbank, CA	$15,355	$5,729	112
American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York New York, NY	$14,335	$12,000	19
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater New York City, NY	$10,492	$12,000	32

Highest-paying Associate's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts Dallas, TX	$22,845	$16,000	46
American Musical and Dramatic Academy New York, NY	$15,909	$12,000	61
CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City, NY	$15,314	—	17
American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York New York, NY	$12,445	$12,000	80
New York Film Academy Burbank, CA	$6,814	$14,750	20

Highest-paying Bachelor's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Saint Mary's College of California Moraga, CA	$38,160	$27,000	21
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	$37,531	$19,000	61
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	$36,557	$25,188	35
University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD	$33,852	—	8
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$33,261	$25,711	57
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA	$33,169	—	11
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	$32,967	$25,000	64
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	$32,142	—	27
Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX	$29,945	$24,114	36
Dean College Franklin, MA	$29,639	$27,000	31
Manhattan School of Music New York, NY	$29,400	$26,596	21
Illinois State University Normal, IL	$28,958	$21,500	56
Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	$28,933	$23,250	23
Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO	$28,901	—	20
Carthage College Kenosha, WI	$28,727	—	9
Gustavus Adolphus College Saint Peter, MN	$28,601	—	9
University of North Texas Denton, TX	$28,236	$23,295	46
Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	$28,172	—	20
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	$27,886	$27,000	32
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Reading, PA	$27,886	$27,000	0
Southern Utah University Cedar City, UT	$27,335	$19,000	19
University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX	$27,295	—	13
University of Southern Indiana Evansville, IN	$27,010	$19,750	8
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL	$27,004	$23,500	9
Missouri Western State University Saint Joseph, MO	$26,929	—	0

Highest-paying Master's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of Idaho Moscow, ID	$64,954	$41,000	47
University of Houston Houston, TX	$61,314	$27,581	24
University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO	$59,486	—	16
University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	$53,911	—	15
New York University New York, NY	$44,742	$97,383	121
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$43,430	—	18
Regent University Virginia Beach, VA	$43,319	$52,693	32
Emerson College Boston, MA	$39,309	$41,000	21
CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY	$38,598	$41,000	21
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	$37,985	—	4
Academy of Art University San Francisco, CA	$36,635	$104,875	14
California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA	$35,156	$109,180	19
University of Florida Gainesville, FL	$34,588	—	15
Maharishi International University Fairfield, IA	$32,294	$62,994	15
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	$32,286	$50,319	41
Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	$31,564	$108,680	17
Wayne State University Detroit, MI	$30,387	—	24
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	$30,331	—	6
University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston Salem, NC	$27,611	—	20
Point Park University Pittsburgh, PA	$27,455	—	9
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	$26,539	—	19
Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, GA	$26,106	$81,865	63
Northwestern University Evanston, IL	$25,804	$73,654	28
The New School New York, NY	$25,556	$103,045	0
University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	$25,423	—	16