My daughter goes to TCU. She has not met any divas yet. She talks one-on-one to a teacher at least once a week. She has not heard of any backstabbing but she doesn’t spend 100% of her social time with the theatre students. There are a few upper classmen that have reached out to answer questions and help her.
One of the reasons she chose the program is the class sizes are small and when she sat in on classes she felt a family atmosphere. The head of the department is extremely approachable. They do senior buddies and department dinners at faculty homes to create cross-class and faculty conversations.