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258 Master's degrees in Drama in United States
Music Performance: Jazz Studies
The Music Performance: Jazz Studies program from University of North Florida brings a focused commitment to excellence and the artistic and intellectual preparation of music students.
Theatre
Theatre from Wayne State University is a three-year intensive practical training program based on professional standards with opportunities inside and outside the classroom.
Producing
The Producing MFA from California Institute of the Arts CalArts trains creative producers with already highly developed aesthetics, who can recognize and champion original and significant work, and invent new ways to support such work.
Applied Theatre Arts
The Applied Theatre Arts MA program offered at the University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts invites community-based artists, educators, therapists, social workers and political activists to explore how theatre can be applied to non-traditional theatrical settings through a rigorous one year and one summer course of study.
Performance Studies Graduate Certificate
Performance Studies Graduate Certificate from University of Southern California is a two-year, 30-unit program consisting of individual instruction, chamber music, symphony, music history, conducting, interpretation of baroque music and electives. A graduate recital is required.
Theatre - Directing and Music Direction
The Theatre - Directing and Music Direction MFA at The University of Montana is an advanced postgraduate programme designed for creative leaders. This full-time course offers specialised training in artistic leadership. Students develop professional expertise over several years of intensive study at the Missoula campus.
Acting
The 4-year MFA Acting Program at The Juilliard School provides intensive training in movement, voice, the Alexander Technique, and other core aspects of the craft, allowing students to develop a comprehensive, embodied understanding of the actor’s work and to apply that understanding to a diverse dramatic repertoire in rehearsal and production.
Dramatic Writing
The Dramatic Writing degree offered at University of Southern California provides students with the foundation to not only build a fruitful career, but to further discover and develop their own authentic voice.
Theatre
The Theatre program of Texas Woman's University provides the practical and academic training you’ll need to achieve your professional goals. Pursue your passion through acting/directing, design/production, or literary criticism.
Theater - Acting
Refine your on-screen and stage approach with the Master of Fine Arts in Theater - Acting in Temple University's School of Theater, Film and Media Arts. You’ll learn from faculty members who are committed to your personal development as an actor and the evolution of American theater and film.
Performing Arts
Bring complex characters to life and reach global audiences with Performing Arts at Savannah College of Art and Design

Theatre Arts - Lighting
Whether you dream of a career on Broadway or in Hollywood, this Theatre Arts - Lighting program at University of Idaho provides the intensive training and on-stage opportunities you need to achieve your professional aspirations in the performing arts.
Theatre Management
Theatre Management from Wayne State University aims to prepare students to make a thoughtful and impactful influence in the professional theatre.
Musical Theatre
Musical Theatre from University of Central Oklahoma will help prepare students in the field of music performance develop a higher level of proficiency in performing and directing musical theatre in a variety of contexts, culminating in a recital and/or special performance.
Directing
The M.F.A. Directing offered by Ohio University prepares advanced students for careers as professional directors. Admission to the program is by interview and audition at the annual U/RTA sites and at scheduled interviews on campus. The Professional Directing program is open to a limited number of talented, mature, and committed students.
Acting
The Acting program at Florida Atlantic University offers an integral, creative, and inclusive space for professionals of all backgrounds looking to take their career in acting and theatre performance to the next level.
Theater Design and Production - Makeup and Wig Design
CCM is a college within the University of Cincinnati, a major undergraduate university and graduate research institution of more than 40,000 students. The Theater Design and Production - Makeup and Wig Design program is offered by University of Cincinnati.
Creative Writing - Playwriting
The Creative Writing - Playwriting degree at The City University of New York offers single-discipline and inter-genre workshops, literature seminars, small-group reading tutorials, and one-on-one tutorials, all of which emphasize relationships between students and eminent faculty.
Experimental Choreography
The Experimental Choreography M.F.A. at the University of California, Riverside is a full-time, two-year postgraduate programme. Spanning six quarters, this degree focuses on intense dance investigation and interdisciplinary practice, designed for established artists seeking to challenge their creative research through expert faculty mentorship.
Dramatic Arts (Puppet Arts)
The Dramatic Arts (Puppet Arts) offered by University of Connecticut requires a minimum of 30 credits, which are composed of a set of core courses in Puppet Arts plus electives from other areas of Dramatic Arts or other UConn departments