2025 Best Musical Theater Associate Degree Schools
2Colleges in the United States
65Associate Degrees
Musical Theater isn't the most popular associate program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #462 in popularity out of 1020 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Musical Theater Associate Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 65 associate degrees in musical theater to qualified students.
Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on musical theater students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other musical theater students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized musical theater related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for musical theater students working on their associate degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Musical Theater Associate Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Earn the music business degree that fits into the business world – and partners Southern New Hampshire University with world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team
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