Acting Classes in New York
My Acting School lists 99 acting schools and studios in New York, each one checked against its own website, in 6 cities with several to compare and 31 more towns. 67 New York colleges awarded degrees or certificates in theater, acting, directing or musical theater in 2024; they are listed below.
Cities in New York
Acting classes in New York
58 schools and studios, including American Drama Studio and Actors Connection.
Acting classes in Albany
2 schools and studios, including Acting Class with Patrick White and Drama Kids International.
Acting classes in Buffalo
2 schools and studios, including Buffalo Improv House and Frank Rossi Studio.
Acting classes in Huntington
2 schools and studios, including Huntington Center for Performing Arts and Take 2 Actor's Studio.
Acting classes in Rochester
2 schools and studios, including Bruce Music & Theatre Academy and Drama House.
Acting classes in Smithtown
2 schools and studios, including Action Acting Studio and Drama Kids Of Suffolk County.
More towns in New York
- Armonk: Encore Center for Performing Arts
- Auburn: Hope and Harmony Performing Arts Center
- Bath: Family Life Performing Arts
- Bay Shore: Plenty of Rhythm Performing Arts Center
- Caledonia: Drama Kids Of Rochester Ny
- Center Moriches: Royalenova Performing Arts
- Dundee: Seneca School of Performing Arts
- East Northport: Prestige Performing Arts
- Endicott: Endicott Performing Arts Center
- Floral Park: Drama Kids of North Nassau County, NY
- Freeport: Long Island Improv
- Hancock: French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts
- Hewlett: Drama Kids of South Nassau
- Highland: From Stage To Screen Acting Studio
- Hopewell Jct: Star 2 B performing Arts
- Ithaca: Ithaca Improv
- Levittown: The Actors Workshop
- Long Beach: Professional Youth Theatre
- Loudonville: Drama Kids
- Mamaroneck: Bennett Academy Of The Performing Arts
- Manhasset: The Actors Garage
- Melville: The Voiceover Gurus
- New Rochelle: The Bennett Academy of Performing Arts
- Nyack: Helen Hayes Youth Theatre
- Poughkeepsie: Star 2 B Performing Arts
- Red Hook: Mary Ward Acting and Improv
- Roslyn: The Actor's Garage
- Sleepy Hollow: Howard Meyer's Acting Program
- Troy: Blue Horse Repertory Company Acting School
- Wappingers Falls: Star 2 B Performing Arts
- Warwick: Warwick Center for the Performing Arts
Colleges with theater and acting degrees in New York
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Musical and Dramatic Academy | New York | Acting, Drama, other, Musical theater, Theater | Certificate, Associate, Bachelor |
| New York University | New York | Theater | Bachelor, Master, Doctorate |
| American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York | New York | Acting, Drama, other | Certificate, Associate |
| New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts | New York | Acting, Musical theater | Associate |
| Marymount Manhattan College | New York | Acting, Directing, Drama, other, Musical theater | Bachelor |
| Pace University | New York | Acting, Directing, Musical theater | Bachelor, Master |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | New York | Theater | Certificate, Bachelor, Master, Doctorate |
| The New School | New York | Acting, Directing, Musical theater, Theater | Bachelor, Master |
| Long Island University | Brookville | Acting, Theater | Bachelor |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse | Acting, Drama, other, Musical theater, Theater | Bachelor |
| CUNY Brooklyn College | Brooklyn | Theater | Bachelor, Master |
| SUNY at Purchase College | Purchase | Acting, Musical theater, Theater | Bachelor |
| Ithaca College | Ithaca | Acting, Musical theater, Theater | Bachelor |
| Fordham University | Bronx | Theater | Bachelor |
| Molloy University | Rockville Centre | Theater | Bachelor |
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center | New York | Theater | Master, Doctorate |
| State University of New York at New Paltz | New Paltz | Theater | Bachelor |
| Hofstra University | Hempstead | Theater | Bachelor |
| SUNY at Fredonia | Fredonia | Acting, Musical theater, Theater | Bachelor |
| Wagner College | Staten Island | Theater | Bachelor |
| Nazareth University | Rochester | Acting, Theater | Bachelor |
| Circle in the Square Theatre School | New York | Theater | Certificate |
| Atlantic Acting School | New York | Acting | Certificate |
| Manhattan School of Music | New York | Musical theater | Bachelor |
| Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater | New York City | Drama, other | Certificate |
| University at Buffalo | Buffalo | Musical theater, Theater | Bachelor, Doctorate |
| CUNY City College | New York | Theater | Bachelor |
| CUNY Hunter College | New York | Theater | Bachelor |
| The Juilliard School | New York | Acting | Bachelor, Master |
| Vassar College | Poughkeepsie | Theater | Bachelor |
| Adelphi University | Garden City | Theater | Bachelor, Master |
| CUNY LaGuardia Community College | Long Island City | Theater | Associate |
| Skidmore College | Saratoga Springs | Theater | Bachelor |
| CUNY Queens College | Queens | Theater | Bachelor |
| Manhattanville University | Purchase | Musical theater, Theater | Bachelor |
| State University of New York at Oswego | Oswego | Theater | Bachelor |
| CUNY Lehman College | Bronx | Theater | Bachelor |
| Niagara University | Niagara University | Theater | Bachelor |
| Binghamton University | Vestal | Directing, Theater | Bachelor, Master |
| Suffolk County Community College | Selden | Theater | Associate |
| Five Towns College | Dix Hills | Theater | Bachelor |
| Monroe Community College | Rochester | Theater | Associate |
| SUNY Buffalo State University | Buffalo | Theater | Bachelor |
| State University of New York at Cortland | Cortland | Musical theater | Bachelor |
| Cornell University | Ithaca | Theater | Master, Doctorate |
| Nassau Community College | Garden City | Acting | Associate |
| SUNY College at Geneseo | Geneseo | Musical theater, Theater | Bachelor |
| Niagara County Community College | Sanborn | Theater | Associate |
| University at Albany | Albany | Theater | Bachelor |
| SUNY College at Potsdam | Potsdam | Theater | Bachelor |
| Hudson Valley Community College | Troy | Theater | Associate |
| Barnard College | New York | Theater | Bachelor |
| Hamilton College | Clinton | Theater | Bachelor |
| Sarah Lawrence College | Bronxville | Theater | Master |
| Siena College | Loudonville | Theater | Certificate, Bachelor |
| Sullivan County Community College | Loch Sheldrake | Theater | Associate |
| SUNY Brockport | Brockport | Theater | Bachelor |
| SUNY Oneonta | Oneonta | Theater | Bachelor |
| Hobart William Smith Colleges | Geneva | Theater | Bachelor |
| Le Moyne College | Syracuse | Theater | Bachelor |
| State University of New York at Plattsburgh | Plattsburgh | Theater | Bachelor |
| Alfred University | Alfred | Theater | Bachelor |
| Colgate University | Hamilton | Theater | Bachelor |
| College of Staten Island CUNY | Staten Island | Theater | Bachelor |
| Finger Lakes Community College | Canandaigua | Theater | Associate |
| Genesee Community College | Batavia | Theater | Associate |
| Stony Brook University | Stony Brook | Theater | Bachelor |
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