Besides the obvious ones a lot of people brought up there is
- Vassar University (Fun fact: only requires one class and a 100 page paper (completed over 4-years) and every other class is up to you)
- I’ve heard good things from Florida State
Since the OP is an int applicant financial aid will be a very important consideration in school admissions. With the exception of Julliard, H/Y most schools will not give much aid to int students. Is $80k/yr for four years affordable?
Must your cost be no more than what you would pay to study within the EU?
Are you only interested in places in the US that you believe are superior to your options within the EU?
Or could you be happy at a place like Monmouth College in Illinois or Towson University in Maryland?
@happymomof1
I am mainly interested in universities which can offer something more than the EU. However, the two worlds are so different that it is not always easy to compare them.
My interest in American colleges sparked from Harvard, Juilliard, Yale, but as the process to apply is more or less the same, I will try to apply to “safety” schools as well (Suffolk, Marymount Manhattan - or at least these are the ones I heard of as less competitive): please tell me if you know other schools that would accept me more easily.
@jzducol
The cost could be slightly higher than the EU, but my family will not be able to afford more than $30,000 per year. That’s why I’m mainly interested in schools with generous aid for int students: can you advice some to me?
P.S.: What’s an OP by the way?
OP=Original Poster.
For your total costs (tuition, fees, housing, meals, travel, books, other materials, personal expenses, etc.) to come in under $30,000 a year, you will need a significant scholarship or you need to find a place where your tuition and fees are no more than $15,000 a year. Yes, you need to have at least $15,000 for housing, meals, travel, etc.
You might be able to spend less than that, but you are international, and there is no easy prediction right now for your travel costs.
College Navigator finds 56 colleges and universities with some kind of bachelor degree in theater/acting/performing arts with tuition and fees for out-of-state students of $15,000 or less. https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=all&p=50.0506+50.0501+50.0599+50.0509+50.0101+50.9999&l=93&ct=1+2&ic=1&tx=15000&ts=-2&hs=1&pg=1 You can play with the search factors a bit more, but it also wouldn’t take all that long to click through this list. The only two on this list that I know anything about are Brigham Young University (very strong performing arts program, but not a good choice for a student who is not already a member of the Latter Day Saints church because of the heavy religious focus of the university) and Western Illinois University (solid regional theater program that students from my home town often enroll in).
It also is important for you to remember that what you think your family can afford and what a college or university thinks you can afford are likely to be two very different things. Meets full need doesn’t always mean that what you think your full need is will be met. There is no easy way for you to estimate aid because the Net Price Calculators at the college and university websites aren’t accurate for international students. So do get some advice from the people in the Theater Majors sub-forum, but don’t expect a miracle.
What might work for you financially would be a place like University of Alabama that awards automatic admission and automatic merit even to international students who have specific grades and GPAs.
Thank you so much!