New York, New York Private nonprofit 4-year Large city
Located in New York, New York, American Musical and Dramatic Academy is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a large city. It enrolled 1,452 students in fall 2024, including 1,438 undergraduates and 14 graduate students.
American Musical and Dramatic Academy offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 7 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, Acting, and Musical Theatre. It awarded 656 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.
83% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 5 to 1.
AMDA provides rigorous, performance-based training and an industry-focused education experience; one that inspires excellence and prepares artists with an appreciation for the universal power of transformation through art. AMDA's educational philosophy is based on close collegial interaction between instructors and students — in class, in production and through active mentorship. AMDA is committed to providing an unsurpassed performing arts education to a diverse community of creative artists. AMDA serves as both school and stage, where students are given the support and opportunity to define their own personal objectives and to develop and refine their own distinctive artistic voices.
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Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Distance education in 2024-25.
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