Acting Classes in New Jersey
My Acting School lists 30 acting schools and studios in New Jersey, each one checked against its own website, in 3 cities with several to compare and 23 more towns. 11 New Jersey colleges awarded degrees or certificates in theater, acting, directing or musical theater in 2024; they are listed below.
Cities in New Jersey
Acting classes in Sparta
3 schools and studios, including Acting A Part Llc and Perfect Pointe Performing Arts Studio.
Acting classes in Closter
2 schools and studios, including MN Acting Studio New Jersey and Sv Acting Studio.
Acting classes in Montclair
2 schools and studios, including Essex Youth Theater and New Jersey School of Dramatic Arts.
More towns in New Jersey
- Bloomfield: NJSDA's Encore Youth Theatre
- East Brunswick: NextGen Acting
- Edgewater: Edgewater Performing Arts
- Edison: Strauss Performing Arts
- Freehold: Actors Playground School of Theatre
- Galloway: Weist-barron-ryan Of Ny Acting Workshops And Casting Directors
- Hackensack: Blossom Sisters Dance & Performing Arts
- Hanover Twp: Brightest Star School of Performing Arts
- Jersey City: The Acting Space
- Lake Como: Improv 4 Life
- Lambertville: Downey Acting Studios
- Maplewood: Rocket Improv
- Morris Plains: Christian Drama School of NJ
- Orange: Theo Devaney Acting Studio
- Pequannock: Neal Matarazzo Acting Studio
- Pleasantville: Weist-Barron-Ryan Of New York Acting Workshop
- Rockaway: Laguardia Acting Studio
- Somerville: The Broadway Mentors Program
- Swedesboro: Swedesboro Performing Arts Academy
- Tinton Falls: School of Music and Drama
- Totowa: Empire Of The Performing Arts
- Voorhees: Drama Kids of Medford, Voorhees & Williamstown
- Wayne: Empire of the Performing Arts
Colleges with theater and acting degrees in New Jersey
From the U.S. Department of Education's 2024 completions data: each college below awarded at least one degree or certificate in the programs shown. Sorted by how many it awarded.
| College | City | Programs | Degrees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montclair State University | Montclair | Theater | Certificate, Bachelor, Master |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | New Brunswick | Theater | Bachelor, Master |
| Rowan University | Glassboro | Theater | Bachelor |
| Drew University | Madison | Theater | Bachelor |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | Madison | Theater | Bachelor |
| Kean University | Union | Acting, Theater | Bachelor |
| Ramapo College of New Jersey | Mahwah | Theater | Bachelor |
| Rider University | Lawrenceville | Acting, Directing | Bachelor |
| Rutgers University-Camden | Camden | Theater | Bachelor |
| Rutgers University-Newark | Newark | Theater | Bachelor |
| Seton Hall University | South Orange | Theater | Bachelor |
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Listings include data from Overture Maps Foundation (CDLA Permissive 2.0), with contributions from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others. College programs: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS 2024.
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