Bachelor’s degree · Initial professional preparation
BFA Acting
The Theatre School at DePaul University · Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Award
- BFA Acting
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In personFinal year focuses on transition into the profession; liberal studies component of 52 quarterly credit hours (13 courses)
- Price
- $16,801per term, 2026-27 (2026 admit year)
About this program
Four-year conservatory-style acting degree at DePaul with an intensive first year of craft work and a final year focused on the transition into the profession, plus a liberal studies component.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting, Actor training
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree
- Exact award
- BFA Acting
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- DePaul University
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Final year focuses on transition into the profession; liberal studies component of 52 quarterly credit hours (13 courses)
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Not published
- Teaching location
- The Theatre School at DePaul University2350 N. Racine Ave., Chicago, IL 60614
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- Two monologues, each about a minute long; one must be contemporary (after 2000)
- Self-tape
- Yes
- Callback
- Yes
- Audition detail
- Video prescreen followed by a callback in a small group format
- Official instructions
- Application and audition instructions
Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per class, per term, per year, whole program) and is never converted or added up for you.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate Music and Theatre tuition, 2026 admit year, 12-18 credit hoursTuition · mandatory | $16,801per term, 2026-27 (2026 admit year) | All students | 16 October 2026Source |
Performance opportunities
As published by the provider. Showcases and productions are opportunities to perform; they do not guarantee agents, auditions, casting, union eligibility or work.
- Productions
- Productions are mounted in black box studio spaces and directed by faculty or professional guest directors.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: schedule, experience level.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)