1.4k Bachelor's degrees in Drama in North America

Theater at Transylvania University encourages experience-based class work and participation in productions in our highly flexible and well-equipped Lucille C. Little Theater.

The Theatre Arts programme at the University of Pittsburgh blends hands on experience in production with foundational training and advanced study. A core liberal arts base of coursework serves intermediate and advanced study in the classroom, rehearsal room, studio and theatre.  

Anderson University - Indiana students who would like to pair their passion for Musical Theatre (Complementary) with their other skills and may opt for the complementary major. This course of study must be undertaken alongside other majors on campus and enables students to customize their studies to meet their career and calling goals.

The Technical Theatre program from College of the Canyons is designed to provide basic academic and practical training in technical theatre at the entry level for resident and touring theatres, theme parks, television and motion picture students or for students to transfer to a four-year school.

The Musical Theatre degree at American University Washington DC will prepare you to succeed in a variety of professions within and beyond the performing arts.

Courses in the arts are designed to prepare students who might wish to pursue advanced training in their fields and are also for those who want to broaden their academic studies with work in the arts that is conducted at a serious and disciplined level. The Theater program is offered at Bryn Mawr College. 

The Theater Arts programme at Portland State University offers a comprehensive bachelor's degree for aspiring artists. This public study mode course provides a broad foundation in performance and design. Students develop professional self-confidence through hands-on practice, preparing for creative careers or graduate study.

The Professional Theatre (Acting) Program at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University is an accredited BFA Theatre Arts program by the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST). This past year, our first year acting student Ashton Ross won the coveted national Irene Ryan Scholarship award at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Washington, DC.  

As a Theatre Arts student at Coe College you will participate in at least one of the three mainstage productions held in Dows Theatre each year and have a number of opportunities to partake in student-directed or student-generated productions. Sound, costumes, makeup and props are all student responsibilities.

The Bachelor of Music in Performance at Shenandoah University prepares you for a fulfilling career as a performer, composer, tech-savvy entrepreneur or teacher.

The Theatre Arts Performance concentration at Bradley University gives you the intensive training and hands-on experience to bring your acting career to life. 

Why Complete a Theatre Studies Degree at Central Washington University? Become a well rounded theatre artist

At International Theatre Production at Ohio Northern University, without scenery, lighting, props, costumes and more – there’s no magic on stage. With a BFA in international theatre production, you’ll get behind the magic.

Tell a story. Bring it to life. Change the world. Whether you’re passionate about acting, writing, set design, or literally lighting up the stage, McDaniel College’s Theatre Arts program trains you in all the disciplines that go into creating theatrical experiences.

We offer a bachelor degree in Theatre Arts - Musical Theatre at Utah Valley University. In the Bachelor of Fine Arts program, Acting students receive extensive training in acting, voice, movement, and auditioning, while Musical Theatre students receive extensive training in movement, dance, and vocal and singing technique, as well as acting. 

The bachelor of Music in Musical Theatre Accompanying curriculum at Shenandoah University prepares talented pianists to be collaborative performers with singers and instrumentalists in all styles of popular musical theatre.

The Theatre - Technical Design program at the Northwest Missouri State University provides multiple hands-on opportunities to students, beginning with the first semester of their freshman year.

The Louisiana State University Theatre programme attempts to serve its students in a number of ways, providing rigorous training in performance practices, the history and literature of the stage, and in the development of the critical, conceptual, and argumentative skills basic to a liberal arts education. 

Theatre at University of Michigan Flint is our most flexible degree, as you can choose different tracks: performance, musical theatre, literature & history, or the broad general track, where you can devise your own course of study, and mix-and-match courses across design, technology, as well as performance.

The Theatre Studies program at Sonoma State University provides equal parts professional theatre training and liberal arts education, and focuses on dramatic literature, dramatic writing, and dramaturgy (story analysis towards production).