Drama and Theatre Arts Degree

The drama and theatre arts field of study is focused on performance and performers involved in the process. The term drama comes from the Greek word meaning “action”. Today, a drama performed in a theatre by actors upon a stage before a live audience includes an active mode of production often including music and dance. Get more details below including other Texas colleges that offer drama and theatre arts degrees.

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Western Texas College (WTAMU)

2501 4th Ave, Canyon, TX

Western Texas College is an institute of higher learning located in Snyder, Texas, to the southeast of Lubbock. Although WTC is located in a much smaller community, it still holds many benefits for students wishing to attend.

Students looking for the best possible start after high school and can’t yet afford to attend a University will find that WTC can provide quality education for a fraction of the cost. In-state students can expect to pay about $1800 a year; while out of state tuition amounts to roughly $2400 a year.

WTC offers many programs of study, where students can attain their associate degree in such majors as landscaping and grounds keeping, turf and turfgrass management, biological sciences, business administration and management, mass communication and media studies, elementary education and teaching, plus many more.

Currently, Western Texas College serves a student body of a little less than 3200 students and the learning needs of these students are handled by a teaching staff of nearly 150 instructors. This makes the classrooms much smaller and the teacher to student ratio fair ground.

Students who love sports will find that WTC provides a unique and diverse varsity sports programs. This includes good old fashioned baseball, basketball, track and field, golf and even rodeo.

Western Texas College offers both on campus housing and affordable meal program plans as well. Other features of Western Texas College are the campus library that helps with job placements for graduating students.

To learn more about the programs and services that are available to students of Western Texas College, visit their website here.

Career Options for Graduates

Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary

Description

Teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Actors

Description

Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, motion picture productions, or other settings for entertainment, information, or instruction. Interpret serious or comic role by speech, gesture, and body movement to entertain or inform audience. May dance and sing.

Career Outlook & Projections ()

According to the BLS, actors employment is expected to grow at a rate of 9.6% from 2014 to 2024

Producers

Description

Plan and coordinate various aspects of radio, television, stage, or motion picture production, such as selecting script, coordinating writing, directing and editing, and arranging financing.

Career Outlook & Projections ()

According to the BLS, producers employment is expected to grow at a rate of 9.1% from 2014 to 2024

Salary & Wages

• Amarillo, TX
  • Total Employment: 50
  • Average Hourly Rate: $23.21
  • Average Annual Salary: $48280

Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other

Description

All entertainers and performers, sports and related workers not listed separately.

Source: Job descriptions, estimated salary and wages, and projected job growth are taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).