Master’s degree · Initial professional preparation
MFA in Acting
David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University · New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Award
- Master of Fine Arts in Acting
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In person
- Price
- $40,750per year, 2026-27
About this program
Graduate acting program at Yale School of Drama; applicants submit an online application and audition in person.
- 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
- Yale University
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Not published
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Teaching location
- David Geffen School of Drama, New Haven149 York Street, New Haven, CT
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- Two memorized, contrasting pieces from any period and genre
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Callback
- Yes
- Audition detail
- Auditions in New Haven (January 2027), Atlanta, Chicago and Los Angeles; final callbacks in New Haven; approximately 34 applicants invited to final callbacks.
- Deadlines
- January 4, 2027: Acting, Design, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, and Theater Management.
- 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.
Funding
Full tuition support for degree and certificate students Scholarship
Guaranteed for eligible students · 100 percent tuition support
Full-time students in degree and certificate programs
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)