Musical Theatre Double Major

makenahope
Sat, 17 Dec 2016 05:46:14 +0000

I’m a current high school senior looking for the same types of things in my college choice. I can post the list of schools I am applying to so you can get some ideas. Also, some advice: if you want to double major your list is going to look very different than other MT kids lists. This is totally fine, because everyone is different so don’t get caught up in the cookie cutter lists that seem so common in MT. My list looks the way it does because there aren’t a lot of traditional MT programs that allow you to double major. I ended up looking at some acting programs, some BA, etc so I’d have a balanced list of reach, safety, and match. Anyways, here goes:

NYU Tisch (I visited there and they are very accommodating for double majors, definitely doable in 4 years if you have
AP credits)
UMichigan (They have a dual degree option listed on their website, might take 5 years if you do MT and another major, but maybe Acting is doable in 4?)
American (BA MT, but feels more like a BFA, just a bit more flexible)
Chapman (BFA Theatre Performance, with lots of opportunities to take voice and dance classes. Their opera/classical voice training is great from what I hear)
Muhlenberg (really flexible with creating a MT major, double majoring, etc.)
Northwestern (BA Theatre with MT certificate program, flexible with double majoring in 4 years)
Sarah Lawrence (basically create your own program, you can take theatre, dance, voice other classes, and they don’t have “requirements” per se for majors. You just have a concentration)
Stanford (BA Theatre with room for voice and dance classes, really into double majors, I visited when I did the in person theatre audition, they really are into you being a well rounded actor/ knowing about the world)
Wagner (BA MT that feels like a BFA, again which provides more flexibility, they said a minor in 4 years is definitely doable, double major might take 5 years)
UC Irvine (BA Theatre with the option of auditioning into the BFA MT program, definitely possible to double major if you have AP credit)
Penn State (BFA MT)
Also some backup schools that I’m applying strictly academically.

Hope this is helpful!