Acting Schools in New York City

Our verified records for New York City cover 6 universities and colleges, 7 drama schools or conservatories and 7 studios and class providers, with 50 programs and classes taught at a physical location here. Online-only programs are listed separately and are not counted as local.

Degree training: BFA Acting programs at Circle in the Square Theatre School, Northeastern University - New York City Campus (Theatre), NYU Tisch School of the Arts - Drama and Graduate Acting, Pace University - Sands College of Performing Arts and 3 more; MFA Acting programs at Brooklyn College - Department of Theater (MFA), NYU Tisch School of the Arts - Drama and Graduate Acting, The Juilliard School and The New School - School of Drama; 1 other bachelor’s-level acting or drama degree.

Outside degree programs there are 6 ongoing adult classes, 9 short courses or intensives, 1 voice-acting offering and 6 children’s or teen classes (listed separately).

Selection: of the adult offerings, 29 require an audition and 3 state open enrollment; the rest do not publish a selection process on the pages we checked.

31 of the adult offerings publish a price, each shown in its own basis (per class, per term, per year or for the whole program), which is why prices are never ranked against each other.

7 programs describe a showcase. A showcase is a performance opportunity, not a promise of representation or work.