Master's · Los Angeles, California
Is Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft at University of Southern California worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $49,020
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $57,540
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $99,370
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $105k (likely $105k – $105k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$11k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$451k (likely −$527k – −$369k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$527k (likely −$692k – −$348k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- ≤ 20% / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
Change income, residency or loans Compare Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft at other schools
Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at University of Southern California
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other (Doctoral)$226,049
- Law (First professional)$203,028
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Graduate certificate)$199,110
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$192,897
- Computer Science (Master's)$188,871
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Graduate certificate)$187,852
- Real Estate Development (Master's)$185,174
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$181,250
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$180,468
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Doctoral)$179,146
- Computer Software and Media Applications (Master's)$179,055
- Systems Engineering (Master's)$178,619
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft at other schools in California
- San Diego State University$67,588
- University of California-Los Angeles$59,013
- California Institute of the Arts$57,920
- Loyola Marymount University$52,957
- University of California-San Diego$48,041
- Chapman University$41,394
- California State University-Fullerton$36,154
- New York Film Academy$30,262
- University of California-Irvine$30,159
- California State University-Northridge$21,997