Top 10 Undergraduate Acting Programs in US

Here is a list of the best undergraduate acting schools in the United States. These schools are located all over the United States and offer different types of comprehensive study in the theatre arts.

10. University of California, San Diego

The University of California, San Diego is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, in the United States.
9. Yale University

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in Saybrook Colony as the Collegiate School, the University is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.
8. California Institute of the Arts

The California Institute of the Arts, colloquially called CalArts, is a private university located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California.
7. Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a private research university with campuses in Evanston and Chicago in Illinois, United States, as well as Doha, Qatar.
6. North Carolina School of the Arts

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts is a public coeducational arts conservatory in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that grants high school, undergraduate and graduate degrees.
5. New York University

New York University is a private, nonsectarian American research university based in New York City. Founded in 1831, NYU is one of the largest private non-profit institutions of American higher education.
4. Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university began as the Carnegie Technical Schools, founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1900.
3. Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, commonly referred to as Rutgers University, Rutgers, or RU, is an American public research university and the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey.
2. Juilliard School

The Juilliard School, located in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, is a performing arts conservatory established in 1905.
1. State University of New York at Purchase

State University of New York at Purchase also known as Purchase State College is a public four-year college located in Purchase, New York, United States. It is one of 13 comprehensive colleges in the State University of New York system.