October 25, 2024
As required by the NAST Rules of Practice and Procedure, the National Association of Schools of Theatre provides notice that the institutions listed below are as of this date scheduled for a comprehensive NAST review during the Commission meetings of March 19 – 22, 2025.
The list includes only those institutions being considered for accreditation or continuation of accreditation based on a full institutional self-study and an NAST on-site visit.
As a part of the comprehensive review, NAST procedures include the opportunity for third-party comment about one issue only: an institution’s qualifications with regard to NAST standards as published in the current Handbook of the Association. Please note that third-party comment is not a substitute for NAST procedures for filing complaints regarding a member institution.
The “Rules and Procedures for Third-Party Comment Related to Initial or Periodic Reviews for Accreditation” govern NAST third-party comment procedures and establish eligibility and other requirements for Commission and institutional reviews of third-party-comment.
Anyone wishing to file third-party comment eligible for consideration by the Commission must read and abide by these rules. All third-party comment must be filed using the “NAST Official Third-Party Comment Form.”
The institution will be given an opportunity to review and respond to any third-party comment eligible for Commission review under the rules and procedures cited above.
To be reviewed at the March 2025 Commission meeting, any third-party comment about any institution listed herein must be received by the NAST National Office no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 29, 2024.
As of this date, the following institutions are scheduled for comprehensive review during the March 2025 meetings of the NAST Commission on Accreditation:
| Institution | City, State |
| Community College of Rhode Island | Warwick, RI |
| Sam Houston State University | Huntsville, TX |
| Los Angeles Acting Conservatory | Culver City, CA |
| North Greenville University | |
| University of Central Oklahoma | Edmond, OK |
| University of Wisconsin – Whitewater | Whitewater, WI |
| Alabama State University | Montgomery, AL |
| Appalachian State University | Boone, NC |
| Ball State University | Muncie, IN |
| Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania | Bloomsburg, PA |
| Bowling Green State University | Bowling Green, OH |
| Broward College | Davie, FL |
| California State University, Chico | Chico, CA |
| California State University, Fresno | Fresno, CA |
| California University of Pennsylvania | California, PA |
| Chapman University | Orange, CA |
| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester, MA |
| Columbus State University | Columbus, GA |
| Florida International University | Miami, FL |
| Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL |
| Howard University | Washington, DC |
| Indiana University | Bloomington, IN |
| Ithaca College | Ithaca, NY |
| Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute | Los Angeles, CA |
| Loyola University Chicago | Chicago, IL |
| Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre | New York, NY |
| North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University | Greensboro, NC |
| Northern Illinois University | DeKalb, IL |
| Oklahoma State University | Stillwater, OK |
| Otterbein University | Westerville, OH |
| Southeast Missouri State University | Cape Girardeau, MO |
| St. Olaf College | Northfield, MN |
| State University of New York, Fredonia | Fredonia, NY |
| Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX |
| University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR |
| University of Georgia | Athens, GA |
| University of Hartford | West Hartford, CT |
| University of Mississippi | University, MS |
| University of South Dakota | Vermillion, SD |
| University of Southern Mississippi | Hattiesburg, MS |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | Chattanooga, TN |
| University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point | Stevens Point, WI |
| Winthrop University | Rock Hill, SC |