AMDA College of the Performing Arts

1. AMDA provides rigorous, performance-based training and an industry-focused education experience; one that inspires excellence and prepares artists with an appreciation for the universal power of transformation through art. AMDA’s educational philosophy is based on close collegial interaction between instructors and students — in class, in production and through active mentorship.
2. AMDA is committed to providing an unsurpassed performing arts education to a diverse community of creative artists. AMDA serves as both school and stage, where students are given the support and opportunity to define their own personal objectives and to develop and refine their own distinctive artistic voices.
3. AMDA strives to create an environment for students to develop the skills, confidence, imagination, and power to contribute to their community as artists, entrepreneurs, visionaries, lifelong learners, and conscientious citizens of the world. Above all, AMDA wants to teach students that commitment and passion are the hallmarks of a successful and joyous career

Your future in the performing arts doesn’t have to be a dream. For over 50 years, AMDA has launched some of the most successful careers in theatre, film and television. AMDA creates industry professionals who don’t just wait for life to happen—they stage their own career path. Watched by the eyes of millions, our graduates take the world’s stages, film sets and movie screens, changing the way we think about art in the 21st century.

Institutional Learning Outcomes:

• Artistry and Transformation: Graduates will be able to engage in their professional artistic endeavors without fear of experimentation or risk taking, exercising imagination and divergent thinking to create work that expands convention.
• Skills and Technique: Graduates will be prepared to demonstrate mastery of their chosen artistic discipline by creating art that builds upon their accumulated knowledge and study.
• Collaboration and Teamwork: Graduates will be able to effectively work collectively with colleagues in the artistic community and to share ideas in collaborative creativity.
• Social Responsibility: Graduates will demonstrate their understanding of the importance of theatre and other artistic endeavors in their community and to develop and produce creative works that offer, not only entertainment, but enlightenment of and solutions to societal issues.

AMDA is the only BFA-granting performing arts college with campuses located in the heart of Hollywood and Manhattan, the two creative capitals of the world. Each location offers unparalleled artistic and cultural resources: film and television studios, theatres, museums, galleries, libraries and performing arts centers.

Our campuses consist not only of the traditional buildings, theatres and classrooms but also the cities of New York and Los Angeles themselves. There is no better place to train than these two artistic capitals, where you walk by living legends on the street and have access to unparalleled events and opportunities that nourish the artist: world-class theatre, television and film studios, museums, galleries and libraries.

• #3 Most Represented College on Broadway Playbill’s Big 10, 2023
• #4 Best Colleges for Performing Arts Niche.com, 2024
• AMDA is licensed to operate in the state of California by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) under the Department of Consumer Affairs.
• Accredited regionally by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)

• Housing: $11,200
• Dining: $4,300

Students who wish to live on campus need to fill out a housing license and abide by the campus code of conduct as outlined in the Student Handbook. Please note that students who have been approved to live in campus housing must submit a non-refundable $200 Housing deposit each term.