Joseph Nathan Cohen

Department of Sociology, CUNY Queens College, New York, NY

Studying Creation in NYC: Actors

Metro NYC university programs for actors.

This post lists university programs that train for careers in Actors in the New York City metropolitan area. It is part of a larger series exploring content creation-related university programs in metropolitan New York City. Methodological details are here.

The table below lists metro NYC program topics that are linked to Actors by researchers at the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics.

Institution Program Level Graduates
American Musical and Dramatic Academy Dramatic/Theatre Arts Bachelors 205
The New School Drama/Theatre Arts Bachelors 44
CUNY City College Drama/Theatre Arts Bachelors 42
Hofstra University Drama/Theatre Arts Bachelors 35
CUNY Queens College Drama/Theatre Arts Bachelors 31
Fordham University Drama/Theatre Arts Bachelors 31
CUNY Hunter College Drama/Theatre Arts Bachelors 29
CUNY Brooklyn College Drama/Theatre Arts Bachelors 25
The New School Musical Theatre Bachelors 24
Manhattan School of Music Musical Theatre Bachelors 20
Vassar College Drama/Theatre Arts Bachelors 18
College of Staten Island CUNY Drama/Theatre Arts Bachelors 11
Manhattanville College Musical Theatre Bachelors 9
CUNY Lehman College Drama/Theatre Arts Bachelors 7
Columbia University Drama/Theatre Arts Bachelors 5
Columbia University  Drama/Theatre Arts Masters 30
CUNY Brooklyn College Drama/Theatre Arts Masters 17
The New School Acting Masters 11
Sarah Lawrence College Drama/Theatre Arts Masters 10
CUNY Graduate School Drama/Theatre Arts Masters 8
CUNY Hunter College Drama/Theatre Arts Masters 5

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