Get out in front with a Performing Arts Degree
You’re a goal-setter. You’re a doer. You’re an achiever. And you aren’t afraid to go after your dreams. At Pace University, neither are we.
At Pace University’s School of Performing Arts, you can fully embrace your inner go-getter. From acting, directing, and dance to film, production, and musical theater, what better place to study performing arts than with Broadway as your backyard.
With eight degree programs that provide a balance of strong academics with intensive, pre-professional training preparing graduates to enter the workplace as knowledgeable, disciplined artists devoted to the integrity, pursuit, and preservation of their craft.
The School of Performing Arts at Pace University offers BA and BFA programs that balance strong academics with intensive, pre-professional training. Our graduates are prepared to enter the workplace as knowledgeable, disciplined artists devoted to the integrity, pursuit, and preservation of their craft. Dedicated to providing the finest possible professional training, we offer majors in:
With numerous mainstage and workshop productions per year, rigorous studio-based teaching by working professionals, and access to the professional industry in NYC, Los Angeles, and abroad, the Pace School of Performing Arts is a center of excellence in undergraduate education.
“We give our students the tools to make their own work—to break new ground, push their limits, take risks, and collaborate with others. We cultivate and nurture the artist-creator. We ask our students, what do you have to say?”
– Adrienne Kapstein, Program Chair, Acting and Directing programs
Sands College of Performing Arts at Pace University prepares students for careers as performers, designers, and production professionals in today’s ever-changing entertainment industry. Program curricula blend comprehensive training for the worlds of theater, dance, film, and television with a solid foundation in the liberal arts to enrich students’ artistic development. Courses are taught by more than 175 leading artist-educators across our many disciplines, using the latest technologies and practices in the performing arts. Outside of the classroom, there are numerous local and international productions and networking events each year. At Sands, your career begins the day you enter the program, not the day you graduate.