October 15, 2025
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 21 – 25, 2026.
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. Third-party comment may be used to address only matters published in the NAST standards and those aspects of Rules of Practice and Procedure associated with accreditation 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 a current “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 2026 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 19, 2025.
As of this date, the following institutions are scheduled for comprehensive review during the March 2026 meetings of the NAST Commission on Accreditation:
| Atlantic Acting School | New York, NY |
| Belmont University | Nashville, TN |
| California State University, Northridge | Northridge, CA |
| College of Charleston | Charleston, SC |
| Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL |
| KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts | Dallas, TX |
| Kean University | Union, NJ |
| Louisiana State University | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, CA |
| North Carolina Central University | Durham, NC |
| Northern Arizona University | Flagstaff, AZ |
| Ohio State University | Columbus, OH |
| Ohio University | Athens, OH |
| Portland Actors Conservatory | Portland, OR |
| Portland State University | Portland, OR |
| Southern Utah University | Cedar City, UT |
| Stephen F. Austin State University | Nacogdoches, TX |
| The College at Brockport, State University of New York | Brockport, NY |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham, AL |
| University of Georgia | Athens, GA |
| University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM |
| University of Wisconsin – Whitewater | Whitewater, WI |
| Utah State University | Logan, UT |
| West Virginia University | Morgantown, WV |
| Winona State University | Winona, MN |
| Winthrop University | Rock Hill, SC |