Business and screen acting / film double major - where to apply?

If these were my kids’ interests, these are the schools where I’d start my research beyond those that have already been mentioned. They seem to have fair to large numbers of students majoring in cinematography/film production (or similar) to make me think that there would be ample opportunities for an acting student to get experience with film acting (rather than theater).

Schools where I think you will find satisfactory strength of both the acting and business programs (with size/proportion of department as a proxy for strength) are listed in the Probably category, while those that I think of are possible are in the Maybe category (sometimes due to the more limited business offerings…which would then be dependent on your daughter’s specific interests.

One of Carnegie Mellon BXA programs might, but business doesn’t seem to be a possible combo, but there is data science, decision science, economics, behavioral economics, etc as possible combos with an arts field. This is an example of why I put it in the Maybe category rather than the Probably one. Mind you, I don’t know if any of these specific schools has the type of program you’re looking for, but this is where I’d start my search.

Probably

  • Chapman (CA)
  • DePaul (IL)
  • Florida State
  • Marquette (WI)
  • Montclair State (NJ)
  • Southern Methodist (TX)
  • Syracuse
  • Temple (PA )

Maybe

  • Carnegie Mellon (PA )
  • Emerson (MA) – depends on the type of business
  • Ithaca (NY) - depends on the type of business
  • Loyola Marymount (CA)
  • Rutgers – New Brunswick (NJ)
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