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CIP 50.0509 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Musical Theatre.

A program that focuses on the principles and techniques for integrating theatre, music, and dance into a unified production. Includes instruction in acting, dance, voice, technical theater, musical genres, piano, and history of musical theater.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Musical Theatre award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 50.0509. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Certificate 1–2 years28
2025Associate degree819
2025Bachelor degree1081,161
2025Master degree38
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year616
2024Certificate 1–2 years28
2024Associate degree1152
2024Certificate 2–4 years11
2024Bachelor degree1041,069
2024Master degree17
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year512
2023Certificate 1–2 years19
2023Associate degree765
2023Certificate 2–4 years18
2023Bachelor degree1001,137
2023Master degree25
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year310
2022Certificate 1–2 years15
2022Associate degree669
2022Certificate 2–4 years114
2022Bachelor degree981,076
2022Master degree320
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year35
2021Certificate 1–2 years12
2021Associate degree454
2021Certificate 2–4 years111
2021Bachelor degree85898
2021Master degree312
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year45
2020Certificate 1–2 years19
2020Associate degree448
2020Certificate 2–4 years115
2020Bachelor degree88844
2020Master degree211
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year11

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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CIP 50.0509 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 50 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

161 institutions

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