Theatre Schools in the Midwest - 2024 Ranking
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Theatre-Schools.com team ranks Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), University of Chicago, and University of Michigan Ann Arbor the best three theatre schools in the Midwest.
See the Top 50 Theatre schools in the Midwest below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the Midwest.
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Listed Our 2024 ranking contains 334 theatre colleges offering majors in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.Theatre-Schools.com team ranks Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), University of Chicago, and University of Michigan Ann Arbor the best three theatre schools in the Midwest.
See the Top 50 Theatre schools in the Midwest below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the Midwest.
Top 50 theatre schools in the Midwest:
Theatre schools in the Midwest by state:
Theatre programs in the Midwest:
General Drama: 273 schoolsActing and Performing: 105 schools
Screenwriting and Playwriting: 25 schools
Design and Technology: 99 schools
Management and Directing: 39 schools
Theatre schools in other regions:
Northeast: 275 schoolsNorthwest: 51 schools
South: 423 schools
Southeast: 289 schools
West: 293 schools
Popular theatre school cities in the Midwest:
in Illinois:Bloomington: 1 school
Carbondale: 1 school
Champaign: 2 schools
Chicago: 8 schools
Decatur: 1 school
Dekalb: 1 school
Edwardsville: 1 school
Elmhurst: 1 school
Evanston: 1 school
Naperville: 1 school
Normal: 1 school
Peoria: 1 school
in Indiana:
Bloomington: 1 school
Evansville: 2 schools
Fort Wayne: 2 schools
Indianapolis: 4 schools
Muncie: 1 school
Notre Dame: 2 schools
West Lafayette: 1 school
in Iowa:
Ames: 1 school
Cedar Falls: 1 school
Des Moines: 2 schools
Fairfield: 1 school
Iowa City: 1 school
in Kansas:
El Dorado: 1 school
Lawrence: 2 schools
Manhattan: 1 school
Wichita: 3 schools
in Michigan:
Ann Arbor: 1 school
Detroit: 2 schools
East Lansing: 1 school
Kalamazoo: 2 schools
Mount Pleasant: 1 school
Rochester Hills: 2 schools
Ypsilanti: 1 school
in Minnesota:
Brooklyn Park: 2 schools
Duluth: 1 school
Mankato: 2 schools
Minneapolis: 5 schools
Moorhead: 2 schools
Northfield: 2 schools
Saint Paul: 9 schools
Winona: 2 schools
in Missouri:
Cape Girardeau: 1 school
Columbia: 2 schools
Joplin: 1 school
Kansas City: 3 schools
Saint Charles: 1 school
Saint Louis: 6 schools
Springfield: 3 schools
in Nebraska:
Lincoln: 2 schools
Omaha: 3 schools
in Ohio:
Ada: 1 school
Athens: 1 school
Berea: 1 school
Bowling Green: 1 school
Cincinnati: 3 schools
Cleveland: 3 schools
Columbus: 4 schools
Dayton: 3 schools
Gambier: 1 school
Kent: 1 school
New Philadelphia: 1 school
Oberlin: 1 school
Oxford: 1 school
Westerville: 1 school
in South Dakota:
Vermillion: 1 school
in Wisconsin:
Eau Claire: 1 school
Kenosha: 2 schools
La Crosse: 2 schools
Madison: 2 schools
Menomonie: 1 school
Milwaukee: 4 schools
Stevens Point: 1 school
Whitewater: 1 school