Bachelor’s degree · Initial professional preparation
B.F.A. in Acting
The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Theatre and Dance · Austin, Texas, United States
- Award
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In person
- Price
- $5,815per term, 2026-27
About this program
Four-year undergraduate acting degree. The department states it admits incoming freshmen only; applicants who have taken college coursework after high school are not eligible.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting
- 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
- The University of Texas at Austin
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Not published
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Teaching location
- UT Austin campus (Department of Theatre and Dance)
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- Two contrasting monologues, each approximately one minute; at least one contemporary (written after 1980)
- Self-tape
- Yes
- In-person audition
- No
- Callback
- Yes
- Audition detail
- Application video set: slate (personal introduction), then two contrasting monologues; headshot required. Select applicants may be invited to an in-person or virtual callback.
- Prior education
- Incoming freshmen only; no college-level coursework after high school graduation.
- Intakes
- Fall 2027
- Deadlines
- Common App deadline December 1; Theatre and Dance application items due December 10 (cycle for Fall 2027; year of deadline not printed on the page) (2026)
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Arts undergraduate traditional flat-rate tuition, 12+ hours, Texas resident (per long-semester)Tuition · mandatory | $5,815per term, 2026-27 | In-state residents | 16 October 2026Source |
| Fine Arts undergraduate traditional flat-rate tuition, 12+ hours, nonresident (per long-semester)Tuition · mandatory | $22,687per term, 2026-27 | Out-of-state students | 16 October 2026Source |
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)