So many of my students have a lifelong dream of pursuing musical theater but so many of them have no idea how to begin. One of the most imporant decisions of their career will be where they attend college. Picking the right school can make all the difference in how successful and prepared they will be for a life in theater. The following list shows some of the highest ranked and most popular schools for musical theater. It is not complete and I am sure I forgot some but it is a great place to start.
Musical Theater Out of state
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
Yale University
Theater Studies
New Haven, CT
Carnegie Mellon University
College of Fine Arts
Pittsburgh, PA
The Juilliard School (not really for musical theater)
New York, NY
Tisch School of the Arts
New York University
New York, NY
Northwestern University, School of Communication
Theatre Department
Evanston, IL
University of Cincinnati College of Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati, OH
Musical Theatre Department
University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Ann Arbor, MI
School of Theater, Film and Television
University of Arizona
Tuscon, AC
Emerson College
Boston, MA
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
Rockford College
Rockford, IL
Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA
Steinhart
New York University
Boston Conservatory
Boston, MA
Otterbein
Westerville, OH
Penn State School of Theater
University Park, PA
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
University of Oklahoma’s Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre
Norman, Ok
AMDA
New York, NY
California
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA
University of California, San Diego
Theatre & Dance
La Jolla, CA
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
AMDA
Los Angeles, CA
Cal State Fullerton,
Fullerton, CA
Cal State Northridge,
Northridge, CA
University of California
Irvine, CA
