Acting is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #323 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Acting Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 121 degrees in acting annually.
Your choice of acting school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Acting School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The acting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Acting Schools in Pennsylvania.
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The schools below may not offer all types of acting degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's difficult to beat Temple University if you wish to pursue a degree in acting. Temple is a very large public university located in the large city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #97 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.
There were about 57 acting students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in acting needs to check out The University of the Arts. UArts is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.
There were approximately 19 acting students who graduated with this degree at UArts in the most recent year we have data available.
Point Park University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in acting. Point Park is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. This university ranks 65th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 16 acting students who graduated with this degree at Point Park in the most recent data year.
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in acting. Located in the distant town of Slippery Rock, SRU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 37th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.More information about a degree in acting from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Best Acting Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of acting school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Acting School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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