Alfred University
Alfred University is a private, four-year comprehensive institution situated on a 600-acre campus in Alfred, New York, about 75 miles south of Rochester. Known for its strong programs in art and design, the University offers robust performing arts studies spanning Music, Dance, and Theatre. Students engage in interdisciplinary learning and collaborative creative production, supported by generous financial aid with 100% of undergraduates receiving assistance through merit scholarships and performance awards.
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music is a prestigious music institution with an urban campus in Boston, Massachusetts. The College offers 12 undergraduate majors and teaches nine principal instruments. All students begin undeclared, giving you a full year to hone your craft and explore who you want to be before choosing your major.
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
The Boston Conservatory at Berklee is a specialized performing arts institution right on Fenway in Boston, Massachusetts. The Conservatory provides top-notch music, dance, and theater programs to more than 850 students from 40+ countries around the world. Each academic year, Boston Conservatory students participate in more than 800 performances and numerous other academic and creative opportunities that the city of Boston has to offer.
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College of the Holy Cross
College of the Holy Cross is an exclusively undergraduate private liberal arts institution located on a 174-acre campus in Worcester, Massachusetts—around 50 miles from Boston. In addition to classes in theatre history and literature, acting students can choose to pursue an Acting or Design emphasis, minor in Dance, or they can create a self-designed major through the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Film Studies or Playwriting. Music students, on the other hand, can pursue areas of study in theory and composition, history and cultural studies, performance studies, classical music and popular music, world music and jazz, and audio engineering and music technology.
Dean College
Dean College is a private, co-ed, residential college with a 100-acre campus in Franklin, Massachusetts—only 30 miles from Boston and Providence. Dean offers baccalaureate and associate degrees through four academic schools, including the School of Arts and the School of Dance. Majors include Dance (BFA and BA), Arts & Entertainment Management, Theatre (with multiple concentrations), Acting, and Musical Theatre.
Hofstra University
Hofstra University, located in Hempstead, New York, offers students a vibrant home for their creative journeys just a short train ride from the global stage of Manhattan. The University provides both Bachelor of Arts and intensive Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in performance or production. With six dedicated performance spaces and an annual Shakespeare Festival, students receive professional training from a faculty of working industry experts, ensuring they graduate with a competitive portfolio and strong professional connections.
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New York University
New York University is one of the largest private universities in the country, located in the heart of Greenwich Village in New York City, New York—with additional degree-granting campuses in Shanghai and Abu Dhabi. Students can earn a BA, BFA, MA, MFA, MPS, or PhD in a wide range of disciplines, including Dance, Drama, Performance Studies, Cinema Studies, and more. Admission to the Tisch School of the Arts is highly selective, with applicants evaluated through a two-part admission process that includes an artistic review.
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Pace University
Pace University is a private comprehensive university with a three-acre urban campus in New York City and a 200-acre suburban campus 20 miles away in Pleasantville-Briarcliff, New York. The Dyson College of Arts & Sciences offers majors such as Acting for Film, Television, Voice-Overs, and Commercials as well as Musical Theater, Production & Design for Stage and Screen, and Stage Management.
Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University is a private coeducational institution with a 350-acre campus in Fairfield, Connecticut. The Department of Media and Theatre Arts offers a major in Media Arts with concentrations in Film & Television, Journalism, and Performing Arts, as well as a Theatre Art major with concentrations in Acting and Musical Theatre. Students can also showcase their talents with band and orchestra, choral, dance, and theatre arts groups.
William Paterson University
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illiam Paterson University is a public multipurpose university in Wayne, New Jersey—20 miles west of New York. The JPU Department of Music prepares students for careers in classical performance, jazz performance and composition, sound engineering arts, music education, music and entertainment industries, and popular music. Students can major in Jazz Studies, Music, Music Education, Music with an emphasis on Entertainment Industries, Music with an emphasis on Popular Music, Performance, or Sound Engineering Arts and join any of the University's 14 different music ensembles.
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