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Most Popular Schools for Musical Theatre Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the principles and techniques for integrating theatre, music, and dance into a unified production. Includes instruction in acting, dance, voice, technical theater, musical genres, piano, and history of musical theater.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Berklee College of Music 51 3% $65,144
2 New York Film Academy 37 4% $32,438
3 Roosevelt University 31 2% $48,655
4 Columbia College Chicago 27 2% $45,644
5 The New School 23 1% $71,361
6 Ithaca College 22 1% $62,757
7 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 21 0% $30,298
8 Pace University 21 1% $66,499
9 Elon University 17 1% $51,049
10 Syracuse University 17 0% $70,636
11 The University of the Arts 16 4% $67,741
12 SUNY at Fredonia 15 1% $23,902
13 Emerson College 14 1% $68,392
14 SUNY at Purchase College 13 1% $26,982
15 Western Michigan University 12 0% $26,009
16 KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts 12 22% $16,993
17 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus 12 0% $29,097
18 Shenandoah University 11 1% $47,000
19 Webster University 11 0% $45,762
20 The University of Tampa 11 1% $45,450
21 Nebraska Wesleyan University 11 2% $48,324
22 Texas State University 10 0% $23,130
23 American University 10 0% $66,268
24 Anderson University 9 1% $43,110
25 Manhattanville College 9 1% $55,690
26 Samford University 9 1% $47,863
27 Oakland University 9 0% $25,524
28 California State University-Chico 9 0% $24,624
29 Carthage College 8 1% $59,240
30 Texas Christian University 8 0% $65,684
31 Ouachita Baptist University 8 2% $38,770
32 Central Michigan University 8 0% $24,889
33 Illinois Wesleyan University 8 2% $61,020
34 University at Buffalo 7 0% $27,758
35 Western Connecticut State University 7 1% $27,481
36 Indiana University-Bloomington 7 0% $24,779
37 Rockford University 7 2% $44,270
38 SUNY Cortland 6 0% $25,220
39 West Texas A & M University 6 0% $21,285
40 Converse College 5 2% $34,230
41 University of Arizona 5 0% $29,217
42 University of California-Irvine 5 0% $34,261
43 Stephens College 5 2% $45,401
44 Temple University 5 0% $33,004
45 Otterbein University 5 1% $46,908
46 Florida Southern College 5 1% $52,020
47 Sam Houston State University 5 0% $22,478
48 Central Washington University 4 0% $23,201
49 Messiah College 4 0% $49,280
50 Young Harris College 4 2% $43,389
51 Lipscomb University 4 0% $49,546
52 Weber State University 4 0% $20,511
53 Vanguard University of Southern California 4 1% $48,800
54 Emory & Henry College 4 2% $50,800
55 Northern Vermont University 3 1% $25,424
56 University of Alabama at Birmingham 3 0% $26,336
57 Reinhardt University 3 1% $40,700
58 University of Mobile 3 1% $39,380
59 North Central College 3 0% $52,728
60 Mars Hill University 3 1% $44,460
61 Shawnee State University 2 0% $23,148
62 Birmingham Southern College 2 1% $34,400
63 University of Central Missouri 2 0% $19,953
64 LaGrange College 2 1% $46,180
65 Viterbo University 2 0% $40,530
66 Brenau University 2 0% $45,518
67 West Virginia Wesleyan College 2 1% $46,561
68 Lancaster Bible College 1 0% $37,370
69 Culver-Stockton College 1 0% $39,800
70 SUNY College at Geneseo 1 0% $25,761
71 McKendree University 1 0% $43,500
72 Taylor University 1 0% $47,228
73 Creighton University 1 0% $54,952
74 University of North Dakota 1 0% $22,091
75 University of Central Oklahoma 1 0% $24,091
76 William Peace University 1 0% $46,130
77 Casper College 1 0% $13,132

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Musical Theatre program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.