Bachelor of Performing Arts [BPA] Course Jobs, Careers, Companies, Salary trend and Packages 2025-2026

Career prospects, once you graduate from Performing Arts are brighter. There are multiple entertainment houses which seek skilled and talented individuals to serve their industry. The prospects of Performing Arts is not only limited to entertainment houses but it is also open to new ideas like a self initiated start-up or studio. This course provide with multiple options after the course has completed both as job and academics.

Some of the top recruiters of the Performing Arts graduates are as follows:

Saregama India
Universal Arts
HT Media
Iris Mediaworks
Balaji Telefilms

Same goes for various number of job profiles these top companies offer in their industries. There are varied and diversified numbers of jobs in which a candidate can fit in. Some of the top job profiles which are most popular are mentioned below:

Job Profile	Description
Actor/Actress	Often BPA graduates choose to act in theatre productions, television and Ad films etc.
Community Arts Worker	This is a job where a person is supposed to perform arts and its related activities for a certain community. Employment is with NGOs or firms which take the initiative of working for the welfare of local communities.
Drama Therapist	Drama therapist is a person who with the help of drama, role play and movement encourages people for feeling and emotions.
Music Therapist	Music therapist seeks to establish an interaction- a shared musical experience- in the pursuit of therapeutic goals. It is a profile where a person with musical skills works to cure people with musical experiences.
Theatre Director	A Theatre Director oversees or instructs a stage or production and plays a vibrant role in production of drama/play or movie.
Arts Administrator	An Art Administrator works with cultural organizations, art galleries, theatres, symphonies etc.
Broadcast Presenter	This profile is typically of a public face of a television series or news channel where the role is to lead the show.

BPA: Salary Trends

The graduates of Performance Arts, currently, are referred in the aegis of entertainment industry. While employed in the entertainment industry, the salary largely depends upon the sector of employment. For graduates employed in television and film industry the salary is relatively good while for those employed in theatre and performance troupes are often paid less. The current salary trend for BPA graduates is presented in the graph below:

salary graph for BPA