Acting Schools in the Northeast
Schools
We rank Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), American Musical and Dramatic Academy (New York City, NY), and Emerson College (Boston, MA) the best three acting and performing schools in the Northeast.
See the best 50 acting and performing schools and colleges in the Northeast below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the Northeast.
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Listed In 2024, we rated 112 schools offering acting and performing majors in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.We rank Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), American Musical and Dramatic Academy (New York City, NY), and Emerson College (Boston, MA) the best three acting and performing schools in the Northeast.
See the best 50 acting and performing schools and colleges in the Northeast below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the Northeast.
Top 50 acting & performing schools in the Northeast:
Acting schools in the Northeast by state:
Acting & performing schools in other regions:
Midwest: 105 schoolsNorthwest: 13 schools
South: 136 schools
Southeast: 96 schools
West: 154 schools
Popular theatre school cities in the Northeast:
in Connecticut:Danbury: 1 school
Hartford: 2 schools
Middletown: 2 schools
New Britain: 1 school
New Haven: 2 schools
Storrs: 1 school
West Hartford: 1 school
Willimantic: 1 school
in Massachusetts:
Amherst: 3 schools
Boston: 9 schools
Cambridge: 3 schools
Franklin: 1 school
North Adams: 1 school
North Dartmouth: 1 school
Salem: 1 school
Worcester: 4 schools
in New Hampshire:
Concord: 1 school
Durham: 1 school
in New Jersey:
Bloomfield: 1 school
Edison: 1 school
Galloway: 1 school
Glassboro: 1 school
Madison: 2 schools
Mahwah: 1 school
Montclair: 1 school
New Brunswick: 1 school
Toms River: 1 school
Union: 1 school
in New York:
Batavia: 1 school
Bayside: 1 school
Bronx: 5 schools
Brooklyn: 5 schools
Brookville: 1 school
Buffalo: 4 schools
Cortland: 1 school
Dix Hills: 1 school
Fredonia: 1 school
Garden City: 2 schools
Hempstead: 1 school
Ithaca: 2 schools
Long Island City: 1 school
New Paltz: 1 school
New York City: 17 schools
Niagara University: 1 school
Old Westbury: 1 school
Oneonta: 2 schools
Oswego: 1 school
Potsdam: 1 school
Poughkeepsie: 2 schools
Purchase: 2 schools
Queens: 1 school
Rochester: 3 schools
Rockville Centre: 1 school
Saratoga Springs: 1 school
Selden: 1 school
Staten Island: 2 schools
Suffern: 1 school
Syracuse: 2 schools
Troy: 3 schools
Valhalla: 1 school
Vestal: 1 school
in Pennsylvania:
Allentown: 2 schools
Center Valley: 1 school
Chambersburg: 1 school
East Stroudsburg: 1 school
Glenside: 1 school
Harrisburg: 1 school
Kutztown: 1 school
Philadelphia: 9 schools
Pittsburgh: 6 schools
Villanova: 1 school
West Chester: 1 school
in Rhode Island:
Providence: 3 schools
in Vermont:
Bennington: 1 school
Burlington: 2 schools