Theatre Arts
31MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£22,000
SATISFACTION94%
CONTINUATION95%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS75%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 31% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
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Theatre Arts
BA · University of Derby · 3 years
The pay story
- £22,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £18,500Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £23,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 11th percentile of 1,089 Creative Arts and Design courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 75%Found their work meaningful
- 50%Felt on track with their career
- 75%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 68 / 100Customer service occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
- 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 75% of graduatescards →
- 12 / 100Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation · 10% of graduatescards →
- 3 / 100Process, plant and machine operatives · 10% of graduatescards →
MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).