Acting Schools in the Midwest
Schools
Theatre-Schools.com team ranks Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), University of Michigan Ann Arbor, and Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) the best three acting and performing schools in the Midwest.
See the best 50 acting and performing colleges in the Midwest below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the Midwest.
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Listed In 2024, we ranked 105 schools offering acting and performing majors in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.Theatre-Schools.com team ranks Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), University of Michigan Ann Arbor, and Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) the best three acting and performing schools in the Midwest.
See the best 50 acting and performing colleges in the Midwest below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the Midwest.
Top 50 acting & performing schools in the Midwest:
47. Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN, 1 acting & performing program
Acting schools in the Midwest by state:
Acting & performing schools in other regions:
Northeast: 112 schoolsNorthwest: 13 schools
South: 136 schools
Southeast: 96 schools
West: 154 schools
Popular theatre school cities in the Midwest:
in Illinois:Bloomington: 1 school
Carbondale: 1 school
Champaign: 2 schools
Chicago: 8 schools
Decatur: 1 school
Dekalb: 1 school
Edwardsville: 1 school
Elmhurst: 1 school
Evanston: 1 school
Naperville: 1 school
Normal: 1 school
Peoria: 1 school
in Indiana:
Bloomington: 1 school
Evansville: 2 schools
Fort Wayne: 2 schools
Indianapolis: 4 schools
Muncie: 1 school
Notre Dame: 2 schools
West Lafayette: 1 school
in Iowa:
Ames: 1 school
Cedar Falls: 1 school
Des Moines: 2 schools
Fairfield: 1 school
Iowa City: 1 school
in Kansas:
El Dorado: 1 school
Lawrence: 2 schools
Manhattan: 1 school
Wichita: 3 schools
in Michigan:
Ann Arbor: 1 school
Detroit: 2 schools
East Lansing: 1 school
Kalamazoo: 2 schools
Mount Pleasant: 1 school
Rochester Hills: 2 schools
Ypsilanti: 1 school
in Minnesota:
Brooklyn Park: 2 schools
Duluth: 1 school
Mankato: 2 schools
Minneapolis: 5 schools
Moorhead: 2 schools
Northfield: 2 schools
Saint Paul: 9 schools
Winona: 2 schools
in Missouri:
Cape Girardeau: 1 school
Columbia: 2 schools
Joplin: 1 school
Kansas City: 3 schools
Saint Charles: 1 school
Saint Louis: 6 schools
Springfield: 3 schools
in Nebraska:
Lincoln: 2 schools
Omaha: 3 schools
in Ohio:
Ada: 1 school
Athens: 1 school
Berea: 1 school
Bowling Green: 1 school
Cincinnati: 3 schools
Cleveland: 3 schools
Columbus: 4 schools
Dayton: 3 schools
Gambier: 1 school
Kent: 1 school
New Philadelphia: 1 school
Oberlin: 1 school
Oxford: 1 school
Westerville: 1 school
in South Dakota:
Vermillion: 1 school
in Wisconsin:
Eau Claire: 1 school
Kenosha: 2 schools
La Crosse: 2 schools
Madison: 2 schools
Menomonie: 1 school
Milwaukee: 4 schools
Stevens Point: 1 school
Whitewater: 1 school