| Location – NYC vs. Pittsburgh. Nuff said.
Working Grads – Lots from both but Tisch is MUCH bigger and CMU probably has a higher percentage.
Faculty – Tisch has more impressive performance resumes partly because they are in NYC while CMU has more professional teachers with less real world experience.
Studios – At Tisch you get different kids in your classes every term and you get the option to change studios while at CMU it is the same kids all the time for four years.
Financial Aid – CMU kicks NYU in the Tischie.
Overall education – You can double major at Tisch while you take no other classes and do NOTHING but MT at CMU because they already consider it a double major. The acting majors only get one class that is not theatre each term.
Reputation – Top at both but I have heard some pros joke that Tisch babysits lots of rich kids. This might come from it being so big that there might be some slackers that skate by and suck when they get in the real world which is probably where that comes from. CMU’s program is so small that it is less likely to happen because there is nowhere to hide. I have never heard anyone say anything bad about the abilities of CMU grads but have heards some psycho diva stories. |