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The Top 25 Undergraduate Drama Schools Ranked

Aspiring thesps can follow in the footsteps of some of the industry's biggest stars, who got their start at these top programs.

May 20, 2016 6:30am

The Top 25 Undergraduate Drama Schools Ranked — Jim Spellman/WireImage; Steve Granitz/WireImage; Gregg Deguire/WireImage; Jason Merritt/WireImage

This story first appeared in the May 27 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.

Savannah College of Art and Design

Attended by: YouTube star Stephen Georg
Pace School of Performing Arts

Attended by: Dominique Fishback, Michelle Borth
Georgetown

Attended by: Brit Marling, Kelly Rohrbach
UCI Claire Trevor School

Attended by: Jon Lovitz, Bob Gunton
Emerson

Attended by: Henry Winkler, Denis Leary, Mario Cantone, David Gross
U. of Michigan

Attended by: James Earl Jones, Christine Lahti, Ann B. Davis
U. of Minnesota

Attended by: Aya Cash. Dropouts: T.R. Knight, Kimberly Elise
UNC School of the Arts

Attended by: Mary-Louise Parker, Jada Pinkett Smith, Danny McBride
DePaul

Attended by: John C. Reilly, Gillian Anderson, Judy Greer, Lili Taylor
CalArts

Attended by: Alison Brie, Don Cheadle, Ed Harris, Cecily Strong
Boston University

Attended by: Julianne Moore, Faye Dunaway, Jason Alexander, Alfre Woodard, Geena Davis
Drama Centre London

Attended by: Michael Fassbender, Tom Hardy, Paul Bettany, Russell Brand, Polly Walker
National Institute of Dramatic Art

Attended by: Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Sam Worthington, Baz Luhrmann
UCLA

Attended by: Corbin Bernsen, Mark Harmon, George Takei. Dropouts: James Dean, Jack Black, Carol Burnett, Mariska Hargitay
Bristol Old Vic

Attended by: Daniel Day-Lewis, Patrick Stewart, Naomie Harris, Charlie Cox
USC

Attended by: Forest Whitaker, Troian Bellisario, LeVar Burton, Swoosie Kurtz
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Attended by: Julie Christie, Judi Dench, Martin Freeman, Hugh Bonneville, Natasha Richardson
Syracuse

Attended by: Taye Diggs, Neal McDonough, Vanessa Williams, Vera Farmiga, Frank Langella, Jerry Stiller
Rutgers

Attended by: Calista Flockhart, Sebastian Stan, Kristin Davis
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

Attended by: David Oyelowo, Ruth Wilson, Jim Broadbent, Dominic Cooper. Dropout: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Attended by: Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Sean Bean, Ralph Fiennes
NYU/Tisch

Attended by: Alden Ehrenreich, Alec Baldwin, Felicity Huffman, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Carnegie Mellon

Attended by: Josh Gad, Ted Danson, Matt Bomer, Megan Hilty, Holly Hunter
Northwestern

Attended by: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stephen Colbert, Kimberly Williams-Paisley. Dropout: Warren Beatty
Juilliard

Attended by: Viola Davis, Andre Braugher, William Hurt, Patti LuPone, Christine Baranski

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