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Performing Arts Schools in The Northeast - 2022 Ranking
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Listed Our 2022 rankings contain 265 schools offering performing arts majors in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.Best-Art-Colleges.com team ranks Columbia University in the City of New York (New York City, NY), Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA), and Yale University (New Haven, CT) the top three performing arts schools in the Northeast.
See the best 50 performing arts schools in the Northeast below or narrow your search by program, state, or city in the Northeast. You might also want to see our most recent ranking of the best dance, music, and performing art schools and colleges in the Northeast.
Top 50 performing arts schools in the Northeast:
Performing arts schools in the Northeast by state:
Performing arts schools in other regions:
Midwest: 326 schoolsSouth: 406 schools
West: 279 schools
Popular art school cities in the Northeast:
in Connecticut:Bridgeport: 2 schools
Danbury: 1 school
Hamden: 2 schools
Middletown: 2 schools
New Britain: 1 school
New Haven: 4 schools
Storrs: 1 school
West Hartford: 2 schools
West Haven: 1 school
Willimantic: 1 school
in Maine:
Portland: 2 schools
in Massachusetts:
Amherst: 3 schools
Beverly: 2 schools
Boston: 15 schools
Bridgewater: 1 school
Cambridge: 4 schools
Franklin: 1 school
Medford: 1 school
North Dartmouth: 1 school
Salem: 1 school
Worcester: 5 schools
in New Hampshire:
Manchester: 3 schools
in New Jersey:
Dover: 1 school
Glassboro: 1 school
Jersey City: 3 schools
Lawrenceville: 1 school
Madison: 2 schools
Montclair: 1 school
New Brunswick: 1 school
Newark: 3 schools
Randolph: 1 school
Union: 1 school
Woodland Park: 1 school
in New York:
Albany: 4 schools
Alfred: 2 schools
Annandale On Hudson: 1 school
Bayside: 1 school
Brockport: 1 school
Bronx: 4 schools
Brooklyn: 5 schools
Brookville: 1 school
Buffalo: 6 schools
Fredonia: 1 school
Garden City: 2 schools
Hempstead: 1 school
Ithaca: 2 schools
Long Island City: 1 school
New Paltz: 1 school
New York City: 32 schools
Old Westbury: 2 schools
Oneonta: 2 schools
Oswego: 1 school
Potsdam: 1 school
Poughkeepsie: 3 schools
Purchase: 2 schools
Queens: 2 schools
Rochester: 7 schools
Saratoga Springs: 2 schools
Selden: 1 school
Staten Island: 2 schools
Stony Brook: 1 school
Syracuse: 4 schools
Troy: 3 schools
Utica: 2 schools
Vestal: 1 school
in Pennsylvania:
Allentown: 2 schools
Bethlehem: 3 schools
Edinboro: 1 school
Kutztown: 1 school
Millersville: 1 school
Philadelphia: 15 schools
Pittsburgh: 8 schools
University Park: 1 school
in Rhode Island:
Providence: 4 schools
in Vermont:
Burlington: 2 schools