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The American Musical and Dramatic Academy - New York

Talented students from across the country and around the world choose AMDA because of its challenging, performance-based curriculum. They come to train with a premier faculty comprising accomplished actors, directors, choreographers, dancers and designers who inspire and work with students on an individual basis. AMDA offers BFA and certificate programs. The courses are performance based. The app...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Certificate in Musical Theatre (Certificate)
- Certificate in Dance (Certificate)

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The American Musical and Dramatic Academy - Los Angeles

Borough of Manhattan Community College

Located in the heart of the exciting and vibrant downtown area of Manhattan, Borough of Manhattan Community College is a microcosm of New York City – a richly diverse population with ambitious, talented students and a distinguished faculty. The largest community college in The City University of New York (CUNY) system – and the only community college in Manhattan – Borough of Manhattan Community ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Certificate in Theatre (Certificate)
- Certificate in Office Operations (Certificate)
- Certificate in Computer Operations (Certificate)

Five Towns College

Five Towns College orchestrates a lifelong pursuit of learning that fosters a commitment to ethical, intellectual, and social values. Dedicated to excellence in learning, teaching, and scholarship, the College celebrates the worlds of music, media, business, teaching, the performing arts, and the entertainment industry. By integrating rigorous academic inquiry, research, and practical experience, ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Certificate in Theatre Arts (Certificate)

Sarah Lawrence College

Sarah Lawrence is a coeducational liberal arts college, offering undergraduate as well as graduate degrees. Located just north of New York City on a wooded campus, the College is nationally renowned for its rigorous academic and creative standards. These are fostered by small seminar classes and individual student-faculty tutorials made possible by a very low student-to-faculty ratio of 6-to-1. It...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Theatre (Master)
- Master in Dance (Master)

Teachers College, Columbia University

Teachers College, Columbia University is an institution with a rich and distinguished record in the field of education. Decade after decade, since its founding in 1887, the College has anticipated concerns and acted with initiatives to advance educational reforms and issues. With its tradition of innovation and insights, the College is one of the leading schools of education in the country, if n...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Dance and Dance Education (Master)

Pratt Institute, School of Art and Design

The mission of Pratt Institute is to educate artists and creative professionals to be responsible contributors to society. Pratt seeks to instill in all graduates aesthetic judgment, professional knowledge, collaborative skills, and technical expertise. With a firm grounding in the liberal arts and sciences, a Pratt education blends theory with creative application in preparing graduates to beco...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Dance and Movement Therapy (Master)

State University of New York College at Brockport

The College at Brockport is a true learning community in which students, faculty and staff all contribute to and celebrate the success of others. Every student is recognized as a dynamic, multi-dimensional individual rich with promise. Through the many ways there are to learn, contribute and excel here, we help to awaken the scholar, the athlete, the artist, and the entrepreneur within. Our studen...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Dance (Master)

New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Some 175 years ago, Albert Gallatin, the distinguished statesman who served as secretary of the treasury under President Thomas Jefferson, declared his intention to establish "in this immense and fast-growing city...a system of rational and practical education fitting for all and graciously opened to all." Founded in 1831, New York University is now one of the largest private universities in the U...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Performing Arts Administration (Master)
- Master in Music - Performing Arts (Master)
- Master in Educational Theatre (Master)
- Master in Drama Therapy (Master)
- Master in Dance Education (Master)
- Doctor in Music - Performing Arts (Doctor)
- Doctor in Educational Theatre (Doctor)
- Doctor in Dance Education (Doctor)
- Certificate in Music - Performing Arts (Certificate)

New York University, Tisch School of the Arts

- Master in Musical Theatre Writing (Master)
- Master in Dramatic Writing (Master)
- Master in Dance (Master)

Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Division of Graduate Studies

Brooklyn College is an innovative liberal arts institution with a history of academic excellence in both undergraduate and graduate studies. Since its founding in 1930, the College has offered men and women—many of them immigrants or the children of immigrants and often the first in their families to go to college—a high-quality, affordable education that allows them to build a richer life and a p...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Theater (Master)

Hunter College, City University of New York

Hunter College, located in the heart of bustling Manhattan, is the largest college in the City University of New York (CUNY) system. Founded in 1870, Hunter is also one of the oldest public colleges in the country. Currently, 21,000 students attend the College, pursuing both undergraduate and graduate degrees in more than 170 different programs of study. With the myriad opportunities found in New ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Theater (Master)

Purchase College, State University of New York

Founded by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1967 as the cultural gem of the State University of New York system, Purchase College today enjoys a world-class reputation for its arts programs and high rankings for its liberal arts and sciences programs. The College attracts students and faculty from around the world seeking a place where they can develop their talents, expand their minds, and prepare ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Theatre Design / Technology (Master)

Binghamton University, Harpur College of Arts and Sciences

Binghamton University is one of four university centers within the State University of New York - and, as The Fiske Guide to Colleges points out "Binghamton has become the premier public university in the northeast because of its outstanding academic programs. . . and its commitment to undergraduates."...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Theater (Master)

Columbia University, School of the Arts

From its beginnings in a schoolhouse in lower Manhattan, Columbia University has grown to encompass two principal campuses: the historic, neoclassical campus in the Morningside Heights neighborhood and the modern Medical Center further uptown, in Washington Heights. Today, Columbia is one of the top academic and research institutions in the world, conducting pathbreaking research in medicine, scie...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Theatre Arts (Master)

Long Island University, School of Visual and Performing Arts

Long Island University was chartered by the New York State Education Department in 1926 in Brooklyn, NY, as a nonsectarian, coeducational, privately supported university established to provide “effective and moderately priced education” to people from “all walks of life.” From its beginning, admission to the University has been based solely on merit and promise. Large numbers of immigrants and chi...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Theater (Master)

Stony Brook University

Here you'll discover the advantages of a major university—more than 100 majors and minors, an active research environment, one of the best university teaching hospitals in the region—combined with the close connections of a small college. ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Theatre (Master)

City University of New York, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The City University of New York is the nation's largest urban public university. Founded in New York City in 1847 as the Free Academy, CUNY comprises 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E. Macaulay Honors College at CUNY, the Graduate School and University Center, the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, the CUNY School of Law, the CUNY School of Professional St...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Performing Arts (Master)

The New School, The New School for Drama

The New School is a legendary, progressive university comprising eight schools bound by a common, unusual intent: to prepare and inspire its 9,400 undergraduate and graduate students to bring actual, positive change to the world. From its Greenwich Village campus, The New School launches economists and actors, fashion designers and urban planners, dancers and anthropologists, orchestra conductors,...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Theatre - Acting, Directing, Playwriting (Master)

University at Albany (S.U.N.Y.)

The University at Albany is an internationally recognized public research institution, carrying out a broad mission of undergraduate and graduate education, research and service. More than 17,000 students are enrolled in nine schools and colleges, and benefit from the strength and rich diversity of UAlbany's people and programs. The University's 189 academic programs range from public policy to ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Theatre (Master)

Cornell University

Today's Cornell reflects this heritage of egalitarian excellence. It is home to the nation's first colleges devoted to hotel administration, industrial and labor relations, and veterinary medicine. Both a private university and the land-grant institution of New York State, Cornell University is the most educationally diverse member of the Ivy League. ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Doctor in Theatre Arts (Doctor)

City University of New York, Graduate School and University Center, The Graduate School

- Doctor in Theatre (Doctor)

Syracuse University, College of Visual and Performing Arts

Welcome to Syracuse University, a diverse institution of higher education dedicated to faculty excellence and scholarly distinction, attracting and supporting enterprising students and a close interaction and engagement with the world—locally, nationally and globally....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Film - Drama (Master)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, College of Engineering

Today’s Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is combining its legacy of leadership in technology-based education with an expanding emphasis on the pursuit of discovery. From its campuses in Troy, N.Y., and Hartford, Conn., to locations around the globe, the impact of Rensselaer, its students, faculty, and alumni, is felt in the way people live, work, and play....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Operations Research and Statistics (Master)

Juilliard School

Juilliard's central mission is to educate talented performing musicians, dancers and actors so that they may achieve the highest artistic standards, as well as become leaders in their professions. Through this process Juilliard will also help them to become thoughtful, confident and responsible adults....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Voice (Master)

New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business

- Master in Statistics and Operations Research (Master)

Pace University, Lubin School of Business

Pace has a growing national reputation for offering students opportunity, teaching and learning based on research, civic involvement, an international perspective, and measurable outcomes....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Business Administration - Management of Operations (Master)

Clarkson University, School of Business

Welcome to Clarkson University, New York State’s highest ranked small research institution. We are the institution of choice for 3,000 enterprising, high-ability students pursuing degrees in 50+ rigorous academic programs of study. Our faculty are on the leading edge of research of international relevance and we offer focused graduate programs in select disciplines, however, our primary mission i...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Engineering and Global Operations Management (Master)
- Certificate in Engineering and Global Operations Management (Certificate)

Columbia University, School of Engineering and Applied Science

- Master in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (Master)
- Doctor in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (Doctor)

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, School of Management

A comprehensive, research-intensive public university dedicated to academic excellence and engagement with the regional, national, and international communities we serve....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Supply Chains and Operations Management (Master)

Baruch College, City University of New York, Zicklin School of Business

Baruch College is located in one of New York City's most desirable neighborhoods and delivers excellence in public higher education. Baruch offers undergraduate and graduate programs through our three acclaimed schools: the School of Public Affairs, the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, and the Zicklin School of Business. The College also offers non-degree and certificate programs through its ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Operations Research (Master)

Cornell University, School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering

Cornell University's colleges, schools, and other academic units offer more than 4,000 courses, 70 undergraduate majors, 93 graduate fields of study, undergraduate and advanced degrees, and continuing education and outreach programs....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Doctor in Operations Research (Doctor)

Stony Brook University, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Department of Technology and Society

Stony Brook University was established in 1957 as a college for the preparation of secondary school teachers of mathematics and science; our first campus was located at Oyster Bay, Long Island, on the grounds of a former Gold Coast estate. In 1962, a new campus was built in Stony Brook, on land donated by local philanthropist Ward Melville. Part of the State University of New York system, Stony Br...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Certificate in Operations Research (Certificate)

Clarkson University, Graduate & Executive Programs

- Online Master in Engineering and Global Operations Management (Online Master)
- Online Certificate in Engineering and Global Operations Management (Online Certificate)

State University of New York, Buffalo

A major public research university in the northeastern United States, the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY-Buffalo), or University at Buffalo (UB), offers an outstanding education at an affordable price. Founded in 1846, UB offers the broadest selection of undergraduate and graduate programs of any public university in New York and New England. UB has a total enrollment of 28,000, whi...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Supply Chains and Operations Management (Master)
- Bachelor in Theatre (Bachelor)
- Bachelor in Music Theatre (Bachelor)
- Bachelor in Dance (Bachelor)

SUNY Rockland Community College

SUNY Rockland, located about 25 miles northwest of New York City, is set in the suburban community of Suffern, New York. Its location is ideal for students to enjoy New York's City rich cultural diversity....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Associate in Performing Arts (Associate)

State University of New York, Plattsburgh

The State University of New York (SUNY) at Plattsburgh is a nationally accredited university founded in 1889. The university is located 100 km south of Montreal, Canada and 500 km from New York City. From your dorm room window, you can see the Adirondack Mountains of New York, the Green Mountains of Vermont, and Lake Champlain. Our students enjoy canoeing, hiking, and swimming in the summer and i...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Bachelor in Theatre (Bachelor)

State University of New York, Geneseo

Prestigious organizations rank SUNY Geneseo among the top public universities in the United States, and the very best value for international students "The Harvard of the SUNY system" says the Princeton Review. "One of the country's most highly regarded public colleges," writes The New York Times....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Bachelor in Theatre and English (Bachelor)
- Bachelor in Theater (Bachelor)
- Bachelor in Musical Theater (Bachelor)

State University of New York, Oneonta

At SUNY-Oneonta, you can be studying in one of New York State's most scenic and historic upstate areas. The College lies midway between Albany (the capital of New York State) and Binghamton in the valley of the Susquehanna River, surrounded by a lush tapestry of green rolling hills. While enjoying the rural beauty of SUNY Oneonta, you will still be within hours (by bus, train, and auto) of such m...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Bachelor in Theater (Bachelor)

The Gow School

Celebrating its 75th year, The Gow School in South Wales, New York is an internationally renowned boarding school for young men, grades 7-12 with dyslexia or similar language based learning difficulties. The school is located on 100 acres of woodlands approximately 30 miles southeast of Buffalo, New York. The campus has twenty buildings, athletic fields, tennis courts, and a ski slope. The scho...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Certificate in Fine and Performing Arts (Certificate)

New York University - Tisch School of the Arts

During the summer, New York University's Tisch School of the Arts offers rising juniors and seniors in high school the chance to experience intensive training in the performing and visual arts. Programs are available in New York City, Dublin, and Paris. Each program, exclusively designed for high school students, is worth 6 college credits and is an outgrowth of the professional training offered i...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Certificate in Musical Theatre Performance at Collaborative Arts Project (CAP 21) (Certificate)
- Certificate in Experimental Theatre Workshop (Certificate)
- Certificate in Dramatic Writing (Certificate)
- Certificate in Acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute (Certificate)

State University of New York - College of Technology at Alfred

State University of New York, College of Technology at Alfred (also known as Alfred State College) is located in rural Western New York State. This area is known for its scenic beauty and small, friendly communities. The campus is a 1 1/2 hours' drive from Rochester, New York; 2 hours from Buffalo, New York; and centrally located within 4-5 hours of Toronto, Canada; Cleveland, Ohio; Pittsburgh, Pe...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Associate in Heavy Equipment Operations (Associate)

Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus

With its academic excellence and caring faculty, C.W. Post offers more than 200 bachelor's and master's degree programs, including computer science, business, photography and art. Our classes are small and you will receive personal attention from professors who are master teachers and researchers and scientists and artists. C.W. Post also offers Conditional Admission for qualified international st...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Theater (Master)
- Bachelor in Theater Arts - Acting or Design & Production (Bachelor)
- Bachelor in Dance Studies (Bachelor)

Fulton-Montgomery Community College, State University of New York

Fulton-Montgomery Community College (FMCC) is a campus of the State University of New York (SUNY) located in rural Upstate New York at the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. The campus is less than an hour's drive from the state capitol, Albany, NY as well as the famous tourist towns of Cooperstown, NY (National Baseball Hall of Fame) and Saratoga Springs, NY. It is centrally located within a ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Associate in Theatre Arts (Associate)

Genesee Community College

Genesee Community College is located in Batavia, NY amid the scenic greater Finger Lakes region, half way between the metropolitan areas of Rochester and Buffalo and just two hours from Toronto, Canada. With about 7,000 full-time and part-time students, Genesee is the college of choice for students across New York State, the nation and the globe. In a 2006 survey, Genesee Community College ranked ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Certificate in Musical Theatre (Certificate)
- Associate in Theatre Technology (Associate)
- Associate in Theatre Arts (Associate)
- Associate in Computer Support and Operations (Associate)

Mohawk Valley Community College

Mohawk Valley Community College is a public co-educational, two-year institution. The college is a part of the 64-campus State University of New York System (SUNY). MVCC offers choice, opportunity and hope by providing accessible and affordable higher education, training, and services that emphasize academic excellence, diversity, and a global view for students. The college offers nearly 100 assoc...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Associate in Liberal Arts and Sciences - Theater (Associate)

Pace University

Located on the East Coast of the United States in New York State, the University offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate program at three of its campuses in an around New York City: New York City Campus - is located at One Pace Plaza, opposite City Hall in Lower Manhattan. Situated in the heart of the civic and financial center of the city, this campus is impressive not only for its fac...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Certificate in Operations Analysis (Certificate)
- Bachelor in Theater Arts (Bachelor)
- Bachelor in Musical Theater (Bachelor)

New York University Spring in NY

NYU Spring in New York invites you to spend the spring semester (January 2010-May 2010) as a visiting student in one of the most exciting cities in the world. New York City offers you the best in museums, dance, film, libraries, concerts, plays, and galleries. Now is your chance to experience life in New York City while studying at New York University. At NYU, learning extends beyond the classroom...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Film and Performing Arts (Certificate)