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253 Master's degrees in Drama in United States
Theatre and Dance
The MFA from Minnesota State University Mankato is a terminal degree for the creative artists and educators, and provides training for increased professional competencies in the specialized areas of Theatre and Dance.
Theatre - Directing
The Theatre - Directing program at Columbia University is based on the idea that one’s vision as a director is developed through practice, encouragement, critical feedback, collaboration…and more practice
Theatre Arts
The Theatre Arts M.F.A. at Northern Illinois University is a comprehensive, full-time programme delivered in person. Spanning 69 credit hours, this advanced degree focuses on professional mastery in performance or design. Students benefit from expert faculty guidance and extensive practical production experience in a creative environment.
Film and Theatre
The Departments of Film and Theatre at the University of New Orleans offer Masters of Fine Arts degrees with three fields of study in Film Production, Theatre Performance and Directing, or Theatre Design.
Costume Design
The Costume Design program at University of Tennessee Knoxville is a challenging yet rewarding program intended to prepare the successful candidate for a career in the professional world of Theatrical Design.
Theatre - Acting
The Master of Fine Arts in Theatre - Acting track is a NAST-accredited pre-professional actor training program at the University of Central Florida.
Theater Arts
The focus of the Theater Arts programme of Rutgers University is to provide aspiring theater professional with a unique experience including intensive studio classes, innovative academic curricula and ground-breaking fully supported productions.
Theatre - Theatre for Young Audiences
The Theatre - Theatre for Young Audiences program of University of Central Florida is designed for students who demonstrate the artistic and intellectual capacity and evidence of professional promise to pursue careers in professional and academic theatre.
Youth
The Master of Fine Arts in Theatre for Youth at University of North Carolina Greensboro is a terminal degree program designed to educate theatre artists for leadership roles within the growing field of theatre with and for youth. Candidates for this program demonstrate a dedication to working with young people through drama-in-education and theatre for young audiences.
Theatre
The Department of Theatre and Dance offers a program of graduate study leading to the Master of Fine Arts degree at Western Illinois University in the following areas of concentration: acting, directing, and design (costume, lighting, and scenic).
Dramatic Arts (Lighting Design)
The Dramatic Arts (Lighting Design) at University of Connecticut is structured to develop an understanding of lighting aesthetics, technology, design and research techniques, theatre history/dramatic literature, as well as business skills required.
Theatre
The Theatre MAT program offered at University of South Carolina prepares students seeking initial certification in theatre for careers in public education. Students participate in two extensive internships in public schools in addition to other teaching opportunities in combination with the coursework.

Theatre Arts - Design and Technical Production
This Theatre Arts - Design and Technical Production degree at California State University Fullerton is for students who desire a professionally oriented education and training in design and technical production, and directing.
Theatre - Lighting Design
Illinois State University's Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Theatre - Lighting Design program is dedicated to the development of individual students to reach their professional goals within the field of theatrical lighting design.
Theatre
The Theatre program at Villanova University offers a distinct fusion of both academic work and practical experience.
Theatre - Interdisciplinary Digital Media
The Theatre - Interdisciplinary Digital Media MFA program from Arizona State University focuses on the growing importance of digital media as a way of making and thinking about art.
Acting
The Acting program of University of California, Irvine (UCI) is devoted to the development of working professional actors: actors who can make for themselves a successful professional life in an extraordinarily competitive field and who possess the skills, insight, intelligence, creativity, and vision to create the theatre of the future.
Music Theater
This Music Theater degree from Oklahoma City University is intended for students who hold a Bachelor of Music in Musical Theater or Vocal Performance degree from a NASM accredited institution and have the vocal, dramatic and academic potential to succeed in the field.
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.
Writing for Dramatic Media
The Writing for Dramatic Media certificate at University of Nevada, Las Vegas is designed to bring added value to a graduate degree that is not in Film. It has been awarded to English, Creative Writing, Law, Journalism, and Theatre students. In enhances the candidates’ career opportunities in those fields.