Master’s degree · Initial professional preparation
Master of Fine Arts in Acting
University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts - MFA in Acting · Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Award
- Master of Fine Arts in Acting
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In person
- Price
- Not published
About this program
MFA acting training that combines professional studio work with a 72-semester-hour plan of study; assistantship service is paid.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Master’s degree
- Exact award
- Master of Fine Arts in Acting
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- University of Iowa
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Not published
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Not published
- Credits
- 72 semester hoursCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Course dates
- Our next class of actors will be admitted in the fall of 2027.
- Teaching location
- University of Iowa Theatre Building200 N. Riverside Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242-1705
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- Two contrasting monologues, not to exceed three minutes total time
- Self-tape
- No
- In-person audition
- No
- Audition detail
- Contact the Head of Acting to schedule an online audition and brief interview
- Intakes
- Next class of actors admitted in fall 2027
Fees
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Funding
Teaching/administrative service Assistantship
Basis not stated · Salary, full tuition waiver, and health benefits
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: price, duration, 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)