Program Payoff

American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York

New York, New York. 2 certificate and associate programs, private, nonprofit. 2 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in New York.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft Associate's degree $12,000 $16,685 (258) $107,550
Producers and Directors
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft Undergraduate certificate $12,000 not published $107,550
Producers and Directors

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.