Acting Classes in Ohio
My Acting School lists 17 acting schools and studios in Ohio, each one checked against its own website, in 1 city with several to compare and 15 more towns. 30 Ohio colleges awarded degrees or certificates in theater, acting, directing or musical theater in 2024; they are listed below.
Cities in Ohio
Acting classes in Columbus
2 schools and studios, including Broadway2la Acting Studio and Krista Lively Stauffer Acting Studio.
More towns in Ohio
- Akron: Phoenix Performing Arts
- Chagrin Falls: Chagrin Falls Performing Arts Academy
- Cheviot: The Drama Workshop at The Glenmore Playhouse
- Cincinnati: Improv Cincinnati at Clifton Comedy Theatre
- Cleveland: The Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program
- Columbiana: Columbiana Performing Arts Center
- Cuyahoga Falls: Drama Kids Of Greater Akron
- Dayton: The Black Box Improv Theater
- Madeira: Cincinnati Academy of Performing Arts
- Mt Vernon: Tavaci School of Performing Arts
- North Olmsted: 1st Team Actors Studio
- Springfield: Ohio Performing Arts Institute
- Toledo: Glass City Improv
- Warren: James Dance & Performing Arts
- Worthington: Drama Kids Of North Columbus
Colleges with theater and acting degrees in Ohio
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | Cincinnati | Acting, Directing, Theater | Certificate, Bachelor |
| Kent State University at Kent | Kent | Acting, Musical theater, Theater | Bachelor, Master |
| Ohio University-Main Campus | Athens | Acting, Directing, Musical theater, Theater | Certificate, Bachelor, Master |
| Baldwin Wallace University | Berea | Acting, Directing, Musical theater | Bachelor |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | Columbus | Theater | Bachelor, Master, Doctorate |
| Wright State University-Main Campus | Dayton | Acting | Bachelor |
| Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | Bowling Green | Theater | Bachelor, Master, Doctorate |
| Xavier University | Cincinnati | Musical theater, Theater | Bachelor |
| Cleveland State University | Cleveland | Theater | Bachelor |
| Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland | Theater | Bachelor, Master |
| Miami University-Oxford | Oxford | Theater | Bachelor |
| Oberlin College | Oberlin | Theater | Bachelor |
| Ohio Northern University | Ada | Theater | Bachelor |
| Otterbein University | Westerville | Acting, Musical theater | Bachelor |
| Cedarville University | Cedarville | Theater | Bachelor |
| Heidelberg University | Tiffin | Theater | Bachelor |
| Kenyon College | Gambier | Theater | Bachelor |
| Youngstown State University | Youngstown | Theater | Bachelor |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | Delaware | Theater | Bachelor |
| University of Toledo | Toledo | Theater | Bachelor |
| Ashland University | Ashland | Theater | Bachelor |
| Sinclair Community College | Dayton | Theater | Associate |
| Franciscan University of Steubenville | Steubenville | Theater | Bachelor |
| Capital University | Columbus | Theater | Bachelor |
| Muskingum University | New Concord | Theater | Bachelor |
| Shawnee State University | Portsmouth | Musical theater | Bachelor |
| Wilmington College | Wilmington | Theater | Bachelor |
| University of Akron Main Campus | Akron | Theater | Bachelor |
| Marietta College | Marietta | Directing | Bachelor |
| University of Mount Union | Alliance | 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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