Acting Schools in California

Brooks Institute

For more than 60 years, Brooks Institute has set the standard for excellence in visual and media arts education and career training. Through its unique integration of artistic, academic, technical and business training and a "learn by doing" instructional model, Brooks Institute has prepared and graduated some of the finest and most well known professionals in their fields. In fact, Brooks' gradua...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Bachelor in Film and Video Production (Bachelor)

The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles

Welcome to The Art Institutes, with over 35 locations within the established Art Institutes system, located in major cities throughout North America. The Art Institutes offers master's, bachelor's and associate's degrees, diplomas and certificate programs that specialize in the creative arts. Students receive a practical, focused education that prepares them to begin their careers with on-the-job ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Certificate in Digital Filmmaking and Video Production (Certificate)

Chapman University

Chapman is a nationally recognized, comprehensive university rated a Top School by U.S. News and World Report's Best Universities-Master’s. You’ll find that we provide both professional and graduate programs of distinction in a variety of fields and academic disciplines....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Film Production (Master)
- Master in Film and TV Producing (Master)
- Master in Business Administration / Master in Film and TV Producing (Master)

Center for Education in TV & Radio

The Center for Education in Television and Radio, is a premier bilingual broadcasting institute that provides the highest quality, cutting edge training for student pursuing careers in television and radio broadcasting....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Certificate in TV Talent and Production (Certificate)

California Southern University

California Southern University understands the pressures of your life, so we make earning a degree as easy and affordable as possible. That's why the programs at CalSouthern are 100 percent online, with no attendance or residency requirements!...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Online Master in Business Administration - Theatre Management (Online Master)

American Musical and Dramatic Academy - Los Angeles

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....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Certificate in Musical Theatre (Certificate)

University of California, Claire Trevor School of Arts - Irvine

Founded in 1965, the University of California, Irvine combines the strengths of a major research university with the bounty of an incomparable Southern California location. With a commitment to cutting-edge research, teaching, learning and creativity, UCI is a driving force for innovation and discovery that benefits our local, national and global communities in many ways. ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Drama (Master)
- Master in Dance (Master)
- Doctor in Drama (Doctor)
- Certificate in Dance (Certificate)
- Bachelor in Dance (Bachelor)

California State University - Long Beach

California State University Long Beach is a diverse, student-centered, globally-engaged public university committed to providing highly-valued undergraduate and graduate educational opportunities through superior teaching, research, creative activity and service for the people of California and the world....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Theatre Arts (Master)
- Master in Fine Arts - Dance (Master)

California Institute of the Arts

The nation's first art institute to offer BFAs and MFAs in both the visual and performing arts, CalArts is dedicated to training and nurturing the next generation of professional artists, fostering brilliance and innovation within the broadest context possible. Emphasis is placed on new and experimental work and students are admitted solely on the basis of artistic ability. To encourage innovation...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

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

Humboldt State University, College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences

A beautiful campus. The world's tallest trees. World-class academics. Professors who will actually know your name. All this plus the ocean, rivers and mountains. What more could you possibly want from a university? Humboldt State is all these things and more. But to truly get a sense of Humboldt State University, you need to come to campus and check it out for yourself. Not until you have taken a ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Theatre Arts (Master)

San Diego State University, College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts

SDSU, with its diverse faculty and myriad academic programs, offers an increasingly international emphasis to prepare students for a global future....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Theatre (Master)

University of California, Palm Desert Graduate Center - Riverside

The University of California, Riverside is one of 10 universities within the prestigious University of California system, and the only UC located in Inland Southern California. Widely recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the nation, UCR's current enrollment is 17,187 students, with a goal of 21,000 students by 2010. The campus is in the midst of a tremendous g...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts (Master)

University of San Diego, College of Arts and Sciences

Nestled along the Pacific Ocean on 1,200 acres of coastal woodland, UC San Diego is a powerful magnet for those seeking a fresh approach to education and research....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Dramatic Arts - Acting (Master)

Citrus College

Founded in 1915, Citrus College is a public, coeducational, two-year college. It is the oldest community college in Los Angeles County and the fifth oldest in California. Citrus College enjoys the reputation of a small, friendly college with a student body of over 11,000 students. The campus is located in Glendora, a safe community near the foothills of the beautiful San Gabriel Mountains. It is l...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Certificate in Emerging Theatre Technologies (Certificate)
- Certificate in Commercial Dance (Certificate)
- Associate in Theater Arts/Drama (Associate)
- Associate in Performing Arts (Associate)
- Associate in Dance (Associate)

Cerritos College

The International Student Center welcomes you to attend Cerritos College. Cerritos College is a public two-year California educational institution accredited by the Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and welcomes students from around the world. Cerritos College, located near the beautiful Pacific Ocean and the majestic San Gabriel Mount...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Associate in Theatre Arts (Associate)
- Associate in Dance (Associate)

California State University, Long Beach

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is ranked among the top three public master's universities in the western United States. This is the second year in a row that CSULB was recognized for its outstanding academic achievements by U.S. News and World Report in its annual America's Best College Guide. The report highlights CSULB's undergraduate success programs, its nationally ranked coll...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Master in Dance (Master)
- Bachelor in Dance (Bachelor)

College of the Desert

Located next to the famous resort town of Palm Springs, California, College of the Desert (COD) is a great place to live and study. Nestled at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains, COD is only a short drive from Los Angeles, San Diego, Disneyland and the beautiful California beaches. Palm Springs offers students a safe environment in which to live and study....

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Associate in Theatre Arts (Associate)

California State University San Marcos

California State University San Marcos is a rapidly growing, modern campus of new buildings, the latest computer technology, cutting-edge science labs, and a sense of excitement about the future. San Marcos is located in north San Diego--the heart of coastal southern California--50 kilometers north of the city of San Diego and 150 kilometers south of Los Angeles. Just a short distance from the ...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Bachelor in Visual and Performing Arts (Bachelor)

City College of San Francisco - Institute for International Students

City College of San Francisco, a public two-year college accredited by the Western Association of Schools and College, is set in historic, beautiful San Francisco. More than 1200 students representing over 50 countries attend the college as full time students and more than 125 students per semester attend the intensive English program. The campus community reflects a wide range of racial, ethnic a...

Offered Degrees and Courses:

- Associate in Film Production (Associate)