20 Best Acting Programs In New York, NY

1. Pace University

Pace University is a private university with its main campus in New York City and secondary campuses in Westchester County, New York. It was established in 1906 by the brothers Homer St. Clair Pace and Charles A. Pace as a business school.Wikipedia
  • Rating:  (4.2 )
  • Address:  One Pace Plaza, New York, NY 10038
  • Phone:  (866) 722-3338
  • Total enrollment:  12,843 (2015)
  • Undergraduate tuition and fees:  48,830 USD (2020 – 21) IPEDS
  • Mascot:  Setter
  • Colors:  Blue, Gold
  • Acceptance rate:  82.9% (2020) IPEDS
  • Areas served:  Manhattan
  • Profiles:  Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube
  • Hours: 
    Thursday Open 24 hours
    Friday Open 24 hours
    Saturday Open 24 hours
    Sunday Open 24 hours
    Monday Open 24 hours
    Tuesday Open 24 hours
    Wednesday Open 24 hours

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2. The American Musical And Dramatic Academy

The American Musical and Dramatic Academy is a private conservatory for the performing arts located in New York City and Los Angeles, California. The conservatory offers both Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees and two-year certificates in professional performance.Wikipedia
  • Rating:  (4.4 )
  • Address:  211 W 61st St, New York, NY 10023
  • Phone:  (212) 787-5300
  • Graduation rate:  67.6% (For first-time, full-time in 2020–21)
  • Founded:  1964
  • Undergraduate tuition and fees:  42,960 USD (2020 – 21) IPEDS
  • Colors:  White, Blue
  • Acceptance rate:  44.4% (2020) IPEDS
  • Profiles:  Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube
  • Hours: 
    Monday 7AM–8PM
    Tuesday 7AM–8PM
    Wednesday 7AM–8PM
    Thursday 7AM–8PM
    Friday 7AM–8PM
    Saturday Closed
    Sunday Closed

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3. Marymount Manhattan College

Marymount Manhattan College is a private college on the Upper East Side of New York City. As of 2020, enrollment consists of 1,571 undergraduates with women making up 80.1% and men 19.9% of student enrollment. The college was founded in 1936.Wikipedia
  • Rating:  (4.3 )
  • Address:  221 E 71st St, New York, NY 10021
  • Phone:  (212) 517-0430
  • Graduation rate:  47% (For first-time, full-time in 2020–21)
  • Undergraduate tuition and fees:  37,410 USD (2020 – 21) IPEDS
  • Mascot:  Griffin
  • Colors:  White, Blue
  • Acceptance rate:  88.2% (2020) IPEDS
  • Profiles:  Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
  • Hours: 
    Monday 9AM–5PM
    Tuesday 9AM–5PM
    Wednesday 9AM–5PM
    Thursday 9AM–5PM
    Friday 9AM–5PM
    Saturday Closed
    Sunday Closed

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4. The Barrow Group Performing Arts Center

The Barrow Group is a non-profit performing arts group located in New York City focused on empowering actors, writers, and directors through simple, clear, spontaneous storytelling.Wikipedia
  • Rating:  (4.8 )
  • Address:  520 8th Ave #901, New York, NY 10018
  • Phone:  (212) 760-2615
  • Founded:  1986
  • Areas served:  New York
  • Appointments:  barrowgroup.org
  • Profiles:  Facebook | LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube
  • Hours: 
    Wednesday 9:30AM–10PM
    Thursday 9:30AM–10PM
    Friday (Veterans Day) 9:30AM–10PM Hours might differ
    Saturday 9:30AM–10PM
    Sunday 9:30AM–10PM
    Monday 9:30AM–10PM
    Tuesday 9:30AM–10PM

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5. Nyu Steinhardt School Of Culture, Education, And Human Development

The New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development is the secondary liberal arts and education school of New York University. It is one of the only schools in the world of its type.
Founded in 1890, it is the first school of pedagogy to be established at an American university.Wikipedia
  • Rating:  (4.4 )
  • Located in:  New York University
  • Address:  82 Washington Square E, New York, NY 10003
  • Phone:  (212) 998-5000
  • Founded:  1890
  • Total enrollment:  6,105 (2011)
  • Undergraduate tuition and fees:  41,606 USD (2011 – 12)
  • Profiles:  Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
  • Hours: 
    Thursday 9AM–5PM
    Friday 9AM–5PM
    Saturday Closed
    Sunday Closed
    Monday 9AM–5PM
    Tuesday 9AM–5PM
    Wednesday 9AM–5PM

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6. New York Film Academy

New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting is a private for-profit film school and acting school based in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. The New York Film Academy was founded in 1992 by Jerry Sherlock, a former film, television and theater producer. It was originally located at the Tribeca Film Center.Wikipedia
  • Rating:  (4.2 )
  • Address:  17 Battery Pl, New York, NY 10004
  • Phone:  (212) 674-4300
  • Graduation rate:  72.5% (For first-time, full-time in 2020–21)
  • Founded:  1992, New York, NY
  • Undergraduate tuition and fees:  34,090 USD (2020 – 21) IPEDS
  • Colors:  Black, White, Red
  • Profiles:  Pinterest | LinkedIn | Instagram
  • Appointments:  nyfa.edu

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7. New York University

New York University is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.Wikipedia
  • Rating:  (4.4 )
  • Address:  New York, NY 10012
  • Phone:  (212) 998-1212
  • Total enrollment:  51,123 (2018)
  • Undergraduate tuition and fees:  56,500 USD (2020 – 21) IPEDS
  • Mascot:  Bobcat
  • Profiles:  LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter | TikTok | Facebook
  • Acceptance rate:  21.1% (2020) IPEDS

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8. Neighborhood Playhouse School Of The Theatre

The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre is a full-time professional conservatory for actors in New York City. First operational from 1915 to 1927, the school re-opened in 1928 and has been active ever since.Wikipedia
  • Rating:  (5.0 )
  • Address:  340 E 54th St, New York, NY 10022
  • Phone:  (212) 688-3770
  • Founded:  1928
  • Undergraduate tuition and fees:  17,200 USD (2020 – 21) IPEDS
  • President:  Robert Fraina
  • Acceptance rate:  100% (2020) IPEDS
  • Profiles:  Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
  • Hours: 
    Wednesday 9AM–6:30PM
    Thursday 9AM–6:30PM
    Friday (Veterans Day) 9AM–6:30PM Hours might differ
    Saturday 9AM–6:30PM
    Sunday Closed
    Monday 9AM–6:30PM
    Tuesday 9AM–6:30PM

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9. Hb Studio

The HB Studio is a non-profit 501 organization offering professional training in the performing arts through classes, workshops, free lectures, theater productions, theater rentals, a theater artist residency program, as well as full-time study through their International Student Program and Uta Hagen Institute.Wikipedia
  • Rating:  (4.4 )
  • Address:  120 Bank St, New York, NY 10014
  • Phone:  (212) 675-2370
  • Founded:  1945
  • Areas served:  10014
  • Profiles:  Twitter | Facebook | YouTube
  • Hours: 
    Monday 9:30AM–7:30PM
    Tuesday 9:30AM–7:30PM
    Wednesday 9:30AM–7:30PM
    Thursday 9:30AM–7:30PM
    Friday 9:30AM–7:30PM
    Saturday 9:30AM–4PM
    Sunday 9:30AM–4PM

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10. Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute

The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute is an acting school founded in 1969 by actor, director, and acting teacher Lee Strasberg. The Institute is located in Union Square on East 15th Street, also known as Lee Strasberg Way, in New York, New York.Wikipedia
  • Rating:  (4.8 )
  • Address:  115 E 15th St, New York, NY 10003
  • Phone:  (212) 533-5500
  • Founded:  1969
  • Profiles:  Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
  • Hours: 
    Wednesday 8AM–8PM
    Thursday 8AM–8PM
    Friday (Veterans Day) 8AM–8PM Hours might differ
    Saturday 8AM–4PM
    Sunday Closed
    Monday 8AM–8PM
    Tuesday 8AM–8PM

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11. Harlem School Of The Arts

Harlem School of the Arts is an art school in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City.
Harlem School of the Arts was founded in 1964, by soprano Dorothy Maynor. Maynor was succeeded by mezzo-soprano Betty Allen as President in 1979, when a new 37,000 square foot facility designed by Ulrich Franzen was completed.Wikipedia

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12. Stella Adler Studio Of Acting

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting is a prestigious acting school that was founded by actress and teacher Stella Adler. The Stella Adler Studio of Acting has two locations: its original New York City conservatory, founded in 1949, and the Art of Acting Studio in Los Angeles.Wikipedia
  • Rating:  (4.5 )
  • Address:  65 Broadway floor 2, New York, NY 10006
  • Phone:  (212) 689-0087
  • Founded:  1949
  • Profiles:  Facebook
  • Hours: 
    Thursday 9AM–10PM
    Friday (Veterans Day) 9AM–10PM Hours might differ
    Saturday 10AM–10PM
    Sunday 10AM–10PM
    Monday 9AM–10PM
    Tuesday 9AM–10PM
    Wednesday 9AM–10PM

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13. Vineyard Theatre

The Vineyard Theatre is an Off-Broadway non-profit theatre company, located at 108 East 15th Street in Manhattan, New York City, near Union Square. Its first production was in 1981.Wikipedia
  • Rating:  (4.7 )
  • Address:  108 E 15th St, New York, NY 10003
  • Phone:  (212) 353-0303
  • Profiles:  Instagram | Facebook
  • Hours: 
    Thursday 1–5PM
    Friday (Veterans Day) 1–5PM Hours might differ
    Saturday Closed
    Sunday Closed
    Monday 1–5PM
    Tuesday 1–5PM
    Wednesday 1–5PM

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14. New Victory Theater

The New Victory Theater is a theater at 209 West 42nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, near Times Square. Built in 1900 as the Republic Theatre, it was designed by Albert Westover and developed by Oscar Hammerstein I as a Broadway theater.Wikipedia

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15. Here

HERE Arts Center is a New York City off-off-Broadway presenting house, founded in 1993. Their location includes two stages specializing in hybrid performance, dance, theater, multi-media and puppetry in addition to art exhibition space and a cafe.Wikipedia

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16. Bmcc Tribeca Performing Arts Center

BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center is a performing arts venue located in Lower Manhattan inside the Borough of Manhattan Community College on 199 Chambers Street, New York, NY. Tribeca's two main theater spaces are Theatre One and Theatre Two, both of which can be rented out.Wikipedia

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17. Circle In The Square Theatre

The Circle in the Square Theatre is a Broadway theater at 235 West 50th Street, in the basement of Paramount Plaza, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It is one of two Broadway theaters that use a thrust stage that extends into the audience on three sides.Wikipedia

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18. Friends Seminary

Friends Seminary is an independent K-12 school in Manhattan within the landmarked district in the East Village. The oldest continuously coeducational school in New York City, Friends Seminary serves 780 students in Kindergarten through Grade 12.Wikipedia
  • Rating:  (4.7 )
  • Address:  222 E 16th St, New York, NY 10003
  • Phone:  (212) 979-5030
  • Founded:  1786
  • Colors:  White, Red
  • Profiles:  Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter
  • Hours: 
    Thursday 7:45AM–2:45PM
    Friday 7:45AM–2:45PM
    Saturday Closed
    Sunday Closed
    Monday 7:45AM–2:45PM
    Tuesday 7:45AM–2:45PM
    Wednesday 7:45AM–2:45PM

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Fabulous school, top-notch education and many happy memories.Eric Obenzinger
World class education.Bruce Bailey

19. Magnet Theater

The Magnet Theater is an improvisational comedy theatre and improv school in New York City.
The Magnet Theater was founded in March 2005 by Armando Diaz, Ed Herbstman and Shannon Manning. Diaz, Manning and Herbstman were friends from Chicago, where they studied under improv guru Del Close at Improv Olympic.Wikipedia

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20. Terry Knickerbocker Studio

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