Colleges with Excellent Theater Programs
Most liberal arts and sciences schools offer courses in theater—after all, it’s a common subject. But where can you find theater departments that go beyond the basics? The following colleges offer programs that are worth a second look.
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- Adelphi University
(Garden City, NY)
- Agnes Scott College
(Decatur, GA)
- American University
(Washington, DC)
- Arizona State University
(Tempe, AZ)
- Bard College
(Annandale on Hudson, NY)
- Barnard College
(New York, NY)
- Beloit College
(Beloit, WI)
- Bennington College
(Bennington, VT)
- Boston University
(Boston, MA)
- Brandeis University
(Waltham, MA)
- California Institute of the Arts
(Valencia, CA)
- Carnegie Mellon University
(Pittsburgh, PA)
- Case Western Reserve University
(Cleveland, OH)
- Catawba College
(Salisbury, NC)
- Catholic University of America
(Washington, DC)
- Chapman University
(Orange, CA)
- College of Santa Fe
(Santa Fe, NM)
- Columbia College
(Chicago, IL)
- Connecticut College
(New London, CT)
- Cornish College of the Arts
(Seattle, WA)
- DePaul University
(Chicago, IL)
- DeSales University
(Center Valley, PA)
- Drew University
(Madison, NJ)
- Elon University
(Elon, NC)
- Emerson College
(Boston, MA)
- Fordham University
(New York, NY)
- Goucher College
(Baltimore, MD)
- Hampshire College
(Amherst, MA)
- Hofstra University
(Hempstead, NY)
- Indiana University Bloomington
(Bloomington, IN)
- Ithaca College
(Ithaca, NY)
- Jacksonville University
(Jacksonville, FL)
- Juilliard School
(New York, NY)
- Kean University
(Union, NJ)
- Kenyon College
(Gambier, OH)
- Long Island University -- C.W. Post Campus
(Brookville, NY)
- Loyola University New Orleans
(New Orleans, LA)
- Manhattanville College
(Purchase, NY)
- Marymount Manhattan College
(New York, NY)
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
(North Adams, MA)
- Moravian College
(Bethlehem, PA)
- Muhlenberg College
(Allentown, PA)
- Nebraska Wesleyan University
(Lincoln, NE)
- New York University
(New York, NY)
- Niagara University
(Niagara University, NY)
- North Carolina School of the Arts
(Winston-Salem, NC)
- Northern Arizona University
(Flagstaff, AZ)
- Northwestern University
(Evanston, IL)
- Oberlin College
(Oberlin, OH)
- Occidental College
(Los Angeles, CA)
- Otterbein College
(Westerville, OH)
- Roosevelt University
(Chicago, IL)
- SUNY -- Purchase College
(Purchase, NY)
- SUNY College of Arts and Sciences--New Paltz
(New Paltz, NY)
- Sarah Lawrence College
(Bronxville, NY)
- Savannah College of Art and Design
(Savannah, GA)
- Shepherd University
(Shepherdstown, WV)
- Skidmore College
(Saratoga Springs, NY)
- Southern Methodist University
(Dallas, TX)
- Southern Oregon University
(Ashland, OR)
- Stephens College
(Columbia, MO)
- Syracuse University
(Syracuse, NY)
- Temple University
(Philadelphia, PA)
- Texas Christian University
(Fort Worth, TX)
- Trinity College
(Hartford, CT)
- Tufts University
(Medford, MA)
- University of California -- Los Angeles
(Los Angeles, CA)
- University of California -- Santa Barbara
(Santa Barbara, CA)
- University of Colorado -- Boulder
(Boulder, CO)
- University of Evansville
(Evansville, IN)
- University of Hartford
(West Hartford, CT)
- University of Houston
(Houston, TX)
- University of Idaho
(Moscow, ID)
- University of Illinois -- Urbana-Champaign
(Champaign, IL)
- University of Iowa
(Iowa City, IA)
- University of Massachusetts -- Amherst
(Amherst, MA)
- University of Memphis
(Memphis, TN)
- University of Miami
(Coral Gables, FL)
- University of Michigan -- Ann Arbor
(Ann Arbor, MI)
- University of Missouri -- Kansas City
(Kansas City, MO)
- University of New Hampshire
(Durham, NH)
- University of Southern California
(Los Angeles, CA)
- University of Texas -- Austin
(Austin, TX)
- University of the Arts
(Philadelphia, PA)
- Vassar College
(Poughkeepsie, NY)
- Viterbo University
(La Crosse, WI)
- Wagner College
(Staten Island, NY)
- Washington College
(Chestertown, MD)
- Wells College
(Aurora, NY)
- Wesleyan University
(Middletown, CT)
- Wheaton College
(Norton, MA)
- Whitman College
(Walla Walla, WA)
- Wilkes University
(Wilkes-Barre, PA)
- Willamette University
(Salem, OR)
- Wittenberg University
(Springfield, OH)
- Yale University
(New Haven, CT)
- Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts (NY)
- American Academy for Theater Arts (NY)
- American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco (CA)
- New World School of the Arts (FL)
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