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American Musical and Dramatic Academy was awarded 35 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is visual & performing arts.
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American Musical and Dramatic Academy was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
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With an acceptance rate of 26%, American Musical and Dramatic Academy is one of the most selective schools in the country. Good grades and high test scores alone may not be enough to get you into the school, so do your best to submit a stellar application.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at American Musical and Dramatic Academy it is much better at 5 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at American Musical and Dramatic Academy is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
American Musical and Dramatic Academy has a freshmen retention rate of 74%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At American Musical and Dramatic Academy the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 62%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,395 full-time undergraduates at American Musical and Dramatic Academy.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $35,620 | $38,246 | $49,756 | $50,856 | $58,490 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of American Musical and Dramatic Academy, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At American Musical and Dramatic Academy, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $12,333 a year. That adds up to $49,332 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for American Musical and Dramatic Academy are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 211 West 61St Street, New York, NY 10023 |
| Phone: | 212-787-5300 |
| Website: | www.amda.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Drama & Theater Arts | 752 | NA |
| Dance | 29 | NA |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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