Stephens College
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting

Columbia, USA

DEGREE TYPE

Bachelor's degree

DURATION

3 years

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

Full time

APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

* rolling admission; for optimum scholarship consideration: priority admission I: apply by November 1; priority admission II: apply by February 1

Key Summary

About: Immersive, accelerated Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting that prepares you for professional theater, graduate study, fellowships, or apprenticeships. The program focuses on technique, audition preparation, and industry skills through extensive performances, guest artists, a summer stock company, and career intensives. It’s an accelerated BFA: three years/two summers (eight-semester program).

Career Outcomes: You’ll gain audition experience, feedback, and networks aimed at actor, stage manager, director, casting assistant, educator roles and entry to competitive MFA programs, fellowships, or apprenticeships. Training develops performance, vocal and movement technique, audition strategy and career planning to help you move into theater, film, teaching, casting.

Immersive, comprehensive, accelerated, and personalized — a program that will take you places.

Rigorous and highly immersive, the Acting program prepares students for their next role, whether it’s a position with a major national theatre company, a competitive MFA program, a fellowship, or an apprenticeship.

Program Features

Accelerated BFA program — three years/two summers (eight-semester program), including career-focused summer intensives.
A comprehensive professional summer stock theatre company experience, the only program of its kind.
A Summer Performing Arts Intensive that focuses on process and technique with classes taught by industry professionals.
Extensive performance opportunities (by audition).
Significant schedule of nationally and internationally recognized guest artists.
Focus on “the business of the business” — career/professional planning and individualized preparation for the audition process, master’s programs, and fellowships.