Best Acting (Performing arts/Drama theatre) Schools in the World

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Performing arts. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 695 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. Cornell University

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

2. University of Maryland - College Park

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
68%

3. New York University

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

4. Columbia University

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

5. McGill University

For Performing arts

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
40,036
Founded
1821

6. University of Washington - Seattle

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

7. University of Oxford

For Performing arts

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

8. University of Toronto

For Performing arts

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
95,055
Founded
1827

9. University of Arizona

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

11. Pennsylvania State University

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,719
Enrollment
40,363

12. University of California - Los Angeles

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

13. University of California - Berkeley

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

14. Stanford University

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

15. University of Cambridge

For Performing arts

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

16. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

17. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

18. Boston University

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$25,852

20. University of Colorado Boulder

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
65%

21. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

22. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
88%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$12,201
Enrollment
77,881

23. University of British Columbia

For Performing arts

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
59,659
Founded
1908

25. University of Sheffield

For Performing arts

#6 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1905

26. Ohio State University

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

27. Yale University

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

28. University of California-San Diego

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

30. Princeton University

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,908

31. University of Melbourne

For Performing arts

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

32. University of Warwick

For Performing arts

#8 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

33. Harvard University

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

35. University of Bristol

For Performing arts

#10 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

36. University of Pennsylvania

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

37. University of Chicago

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,727

38. University of Southern California

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

39. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
72%

40. King's College London

For Performing arts

#11 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1829

41. University of Copenhagen

For Performing arts

#12 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

42. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

43. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

44. University of Reading

For Performing arts

#13 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
86%
Founded
1892

45. University of Texas at Austin

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

46. University of California - Irvine

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$16,868
Enrollment
36,505

48. Beijing Normal University

For Performing arts

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
24,000
Founded
1902

49. University of Exeter

For Performing arts

#15 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1955

50. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$18,107
Enrollment
26,124

51. University of Tokyo

For Performing arts

#2 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
28,133
Founded
1877

52. University of Sao Paulo

For Performing arts

#1 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
97,964
Founded
1827

53. Utrecht University

For Performing arts

#16 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1636

54. California Institute of Technology

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,162
Receiving Aid
67%
Average Aid
$47,556

55. University of Sydney

For Performing arts

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

56. Lancaster University

For Performing arts

#17 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
19%
Founded
1964

58. University of Helsinki

For Performing arts

#19 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

59. University of East Anglia

For Performing arts

#20 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1963

60. University of Pittsburgh

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
78%

61. Macquarie University

For Performing arts

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Enrollment
38,747
Founded
1964

62. Monash University

For Performing arts

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

63. Florida State University

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
96%

64. University of Hamburg

For Performing arts

#21 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

65. Carnegie Mellon University

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$37,450

66. Catholic University of Leuven

For Performing arts

#22 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

67. University of New South Wales

For Performing arts

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

68. University of Oslo

For Performing arts

#23 in Europe
#1 in Norway
Enrollment
26,650
Founded
1811

71. Griffith University

For Performing arts

#6 in Oceania
#6 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1971

73. University of Alaska Fairbanks

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
92%

74. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

75. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
60%

76. University of Alberta

For Performing arts

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

77. University of Victoria

For Performing arts

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
64%
Enrollment
20,492
Founded
1963

78. University of Amsterdam

For Performing arts

#27 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
31,123
Founded
1632

79. Durham University

For Performing arts

#28 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

80. Stony Brook University

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
48%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
82%

81. Aarhus University

For Performing arts

#29 in Europe
#2 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
33,020
Founded
1928

82. University of Florida

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

83. University of Brighton

For Performing arts

#30 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1992

84. Cardiff University

For Performing arts

#31 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1997

85. University of Virginia

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
21%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
63%

86. Tel Aviv University

For Performing arts

#3 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

87. University of Iowa

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
87%

89. University of York

For Performing arts

#33 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

90. Washington University in St Louis

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,298

91. University of Liverpool

For Performing arts

#34 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
28,693
Founded
1881

92. Sapienza University of Rome

For Performing arts

#35 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Enrollment
100,155
Founded
1303

93. Peking University

For Performing arts

#4 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
35,915
Founded
1898

94. University of Bremen

For Performing arts

#36 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Enrollment
19,234
Founded
1971

95. Stockholm University

For Performing arts

#37 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
24%
Enrollment
37,484
Founded
1878

96. University of Utah

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
89%

98. York University

For Performing arts

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
53,000
Founded
1959

99. Free University of Berlin

For Performing arts

#39 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
37,608
Founded
1948

100. Providence College

For Performing arts

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$39,566