Acting Classes in Pennsylvania
My Acting School lists 36 acting schools and studios in Pennsylvania, each one checked against its own website, in 1 city with several to compare and 28 more towns. 43 Pennsylvania colleges awarded degrees or certificates in theater, acting, directing or musical theater in 2024; they are listed below.
Cities in Pennsylvania
Acting classes in Philadelphia
8 schools and studios, including Free to Be Performing Arts Center and John Pallotta Studio.
More towns in Pennsylvania
- Beaver Falls: Geneva College Musical Theatre Camp
- Bellevue: ACT ONE Theatre School
- Bloomsburg: BTE Theatre School
- Bryn Mawr: Wolf Performing Arts Center
- Canonsburg: Synergy Performing Arts Academy
- Carnegie: Carnegie Performing Arts Center
- Dalton: Imagine NEPA Performing Arts Center
- Doylestown: Doylestown Theatre Academy
- Easton: Acting Up Coaching
- Erie: Corella Productions Children's Theatre Academy
- Folsom: Ridley Drama Group
- Franklin Park: Wexford Acting Studio
- Glenshaw: Act One Theater School
- Harrisburg: Harrisburg Improv Theatre
- Kennett Square: Carousel Performing Arts Center
- Lancaster: Popovsky Performing Arts Studio
- Mckees Rocks: Ensemble Actors Studio
- Middletown: Harrisburg Christian Performing Arts Center
- New Britain: Lights, Camera, Acting
- Newtown: Pennsylvania School of the Performing Arts
- Palmer Twp: Set in Stone Performing Arts Studio
- Penn Twp: Cavod Performing Arts
- Phoenixville: The Springer Studio Youth Theater
- Plymouth Meeting: Plymouth Performing Arts Center
- Schuylkill Haven: Artists In Motion Performing Arts
- Swarthmore: The Actors Co-op
- Wayne: Actors Lab Philly
- York: Central York Performing Arts
Colleges with theater and acting degrees in Pennsylvania
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhlenberg College | Allentown | Theater | Bachelor |
| Temple University | Philadelphia | Acting, Musical theater | Certificate, Bachelor |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh | Directing, Drama, other, Theater | Bachelor, Master |
| Point Park University | Pittsburgh | Acting, Directing, Musical theater, Theater | Bachelor |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | University Park | Acting, Theater | Bachelor, Master |
| DeSales University | Center Valley | Theater | Bachelor |
| Villanova University | Villanova | Theater | Certificate, Master |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | Pittsburgh | Theater | Bachelor, Master, Doctorate |
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | Slippery Rock | Acting, Theater | Bachelor |
| Community College of Allegheny County | Pittsburgh | Theater | Associate |
| Susquehanna University | Selinsgrove | Theater | Bachelor |
| Pennsylvania Western University | California | Theater | Bachelor |
| Montgomery County Community College | Blue Bell | Theater | Associate |
| Arcadia University | Glenside | Theater | Bachelor |
| Messiah University | Mechanicsburg | Musical theater, Theater | Bachelor |
| Harrisburg Area Community College | Harrisburg | Theater | Associate |
| Northampton County Area Community College | Bethlehem | Acting | Associate |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | Bloomsburg | Theater | Bachelor |
| East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | East Stroudsburg | Theater | Bachelor |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania | West Chester | Theater | Bachelor |
| Lafayette College | Easton | Theater | Bachelor |
| Community College of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Acting, Theater | Certificate, Associate |
| Wilkes University | Wilkes-Barre | Theater | Bachelor |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | Indiana | Theater | Bachelor |
| Swarthmore College | Swarthmore | Theater | Bachelor |
| Albright College | Reading | Theater | Bachelor |
| Allegheny College | Meadville | Theater | Bachelor |
| Gettysburg College | Gettysburg | Theater | Bachelor |
| Lancaster Bible College | Lancaster | Musical theater | Bachelor |
| Lehigh University | Bethlehem | Theater | Bachelor |
| Ursinus College | Collegeville | Theater | Bachelor |
| Bucknell University | Lewisburg | Theater | Bachelor |
| Dickinson College | Carlisle | Theater | Bachelor |
| Franklin and Marshall College | Lancaster | Theater | Bachelor |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Theater | Bachelor |
| University of Scranton | Scranton | Theater | Bachelor |
| Seton Hill University | Greensburg | Acting, Drama, other | Bachelor |
| Alvernia University | Reading | Theater | Bachelor |
| Lycoming College | Williamsport | Acting, Musical theater | Bachelor |
| Moravian University | Bethlehem | Directing | Master |
| University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | Johnstown | Theater | Bachelor |
| York College of Pennsylvania | York | Theater | Bachelor |
| Duquesne University | Pittsburgh | Theater | Bachelor |
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