Acting Classes in Tennessee
My Acting School lists 15 acting schools and studios in Tennessee, each one checked against its own website, in 3 cities with several to compare and 4 more towns. 18 Tennessee colleges awarded degrees or certificates in theater, acting, directing or musical theater in 2024; they are listed below.
Cities in Tennessee
Acting classes in Nashville
7 schools and studios, including Actors Bridge Ensemble Theater and Acting School and Bellevue Performing Arts Center - BellePAC.
Acting classes in Franklin
2 schools and studios, including Histown Dance & Performing Arts and The Actor's School.
Acting classes in Hendersonville
2 schools and studios, including Actors Point Theatre Company and Drama Kids International North Nashville.
More towns in Tennessee
- Bartlett: Indie Acting Studio
- Chattanooga: Improv Chattanooga
- Gallatin: CenterStage Performing Arts Academy
- Mt Juliet: Nashville Studio of Method Acting
Colleges with theater and acting degrees in Tennessee
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 Memphis | Memphis | Theater | Bachelor, Master |
| Middle Tennessee State University | Murfreesboro | Theater | Bachelor |
| Belmont University | Nashville | Acting, Directing, Theater | Bachelor |
| East Tennessee State University | Johnson City | Theater | Bachelor |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Knoxville | Theater | Bachelor |
| The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | Chattanooga | Theater | Bachelor |
| Lipscomb University | Nashville | Acting, Musical theater | Bachelor |
| Visible Music College | Memphis | Acting | Certificate, Bachelor |
| Austin Peay State University | Clarksville | Theater | Bachelor |
| Lee University | Cleveland | Drama, other | Bachelor |
| Maryville College | Maryville | Theater | Bachelor |
| Carson-Newman University | Jefferson City | Theater | Bachelor |
| Freed-Hardeman University | Henderson | Acting | Bachelor |
| The University of the South | Sewanee | Theater | Bachelor |
| Bethel University | McKenzie | Theater | Bachelor |
| Bryan College-Dayton | Dayton | Theater | Bachelor |
| Union University | Jackson | Theater | Bachelor |
| Milligan University | Milligan | Musical 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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