Master’s degree · Initial professional preparation
Professional Actor Training Program (MFA)
Ohio University School of Theater - Professional Actor Training Program · Athens, Ohio, United States
- Award
- MFA, Professional Actor Training Program (PATP)
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In personThree years
- Price
- $4,928per term, 2026-27
About this program
Three-year MFA conservatory-style program preparing advanced students for careers as professional actors; a class of ten is admitted once every three years.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Master’s degree
- Exact award
- MFA, Professional Actor Training Program (PATP)
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- Ohio University
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Three years
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Not published
- Class size
- A class of 10 is admitted once every three years
- Teaching location
- Ohio University, Athens campus
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Audition detail
- Admission by interview and audition at URTA National Unified Auditions in New York and Chicago, and on the OU campus in Athens
- Interview
- Interview and audition
- Intakes
- Studio cycle beginning in the fall of 2027
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate tuition and general fee, full-time comprehensive 9-18 credit hours, Ohio resident (per semester)Tuition · mandatory | $4,928per term, 2026-27 | In-state residents | 16 October 2026Source |
| Graduate tuition and general fee, full-time comprehensive 9-18 credit hours, out-of-state (per semester)Tuition · mandatory | $9,123per term, 2026-27 | Out-of-state students | 16 October 2026Source |
Funding
Talent-based awards Tuition waiver
Competitive · Tuition waivers and graduate stipends; amounts vary
Graduate students
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)