Some colleges to consider may be:
1)
USC (University of Southern California) great program, no master’s degree there, which is in fact, a good thing. More work the bachelor’s people. None of the master’s degrees to take work away from you. They have a good
theatre program all around and have 4 different technical majors - Design, Tech Direction,
Stage Management, and one other which as slipped my mind. Over-all appears to be a very good college for a bachelors program. However, it is an expensive school and not too easy to get into.
2)
University of Miami very similar to USC, except it's in Miami, personally I don't think it is as good since USC is in LA giving you a nice place to make a name for yourself. Do at least keep in mind the area of where you're going to college. It may help you in the future to be near a big
theatre area.
3)
Yale - common misconception with Yale seems to be that people think it has a great Bachelors program. Which, classes wise it in fact does not. It as an AMAZING Masters program but they only offer one bachelors degree which is
Theatre Studies, where you basically learn about the history of
theatre. However, a good side of Yale is the fact they do over 200 productions a year, ample opportunity to get a chance to work. This is though, Yale we're talking about so of course extremely hard to get into and very costly (about the same as USC). Perhaps not the best choice for someone doing their bachelors degree.
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- Other colleges to look into:
Harvey Mudd
Emerson College (somewhat specialized, not completely)
Carnegie Mellon
Arizona State University (eww bad weather…. No offense to anyone living there)
University of California – Santa Cruz or Los Angeles (both decent)
DePaul
At the top of my head those are all I can think of, I’m sure there are a million more
There are also plenty of specialized colleges such as the
California Institute of the Performing Arts and such. However, personally I don't know how "wise" it is to go to these types of schools. Not because of their program because of course it's going to be good, but because of not only competition getting in but think of how many people are there for the same thing. Getting a chance to do a lot is going to be hard. And of course they normally all have masters programs which means even less opportunity to get to take a big job early on. Please no one take offense to my opinion on specialized colleges, it’s just a thought of mine, something to consider.