Bachelor’s degree · Initial professional preparation
Acting, BFA
Pace University - Sands College of Performing Arts · New York City, New York, United States
- Award
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In person
- Price
- $62,040per year, 2025-26
About this program
Conservatory-style BFA with studio acting classes, stage combat, voice, film and television work, and a fourth-year Los Angeles industry semester.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting, Screen acting, Actor training
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree
- Exact award
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- Pace University
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Not published
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Credits
- 136 creditsCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Teaching location
- Pace University - Sands College of Performing Arts (New York City)
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- Two contrasting contemporary (written after 1950) monologues from published full-length plays, each under 90 seconds (pre-screen); one or two monologues at the callback
- Self-tape
- Yes
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Callback
- Yes
- Audition detail
- Acceptd pre-screen upload (headshot, resume, two monologues, optional reel and wild card) by January 4; faculty then invite callbacks for a live audition.
- Intakes
- Fall
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.
Funding
Artistic scholarships through audition or portfolio Scholarship
Basis not stated
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
- Students work on productions and original projects
- Career support
- Access to the university career services team
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: duration, 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)