Overview

The entertainment industry has grown tremendously in the last 30 years. As with film and theatre, the increasing prominence of the theme park, music concerts, malls and amusement, the use of immersive technologies in advertising and marketing, sporting events, and the expansion of cable and independent television has created an entirely new job market for technicians, managers and designers.

Careers

The Entertainment Technology at The City University of New York seeks to provide highly competent graduates for careers as scenery, lighting, sound, video, and show systems technologists, technical and production managers, equipment marketing representatives and personnel for distributors and rental houses in the entertainment industry.

The program offers additional career options in the allied fields of film and television production; display design and construction; trade show exhibitions; club, casino and theme-park operations and all related performing arts production.

Students desiring careers as designers or content creators can also benefit from the integrated technical and production components, and the degree provides a compelling stepping stone to more advanced design work at the graduate level.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

World Cultures and Global Issues

US Experience in its Diversity

Lighting Technology

Sound Technology

Entertainment Drafting

Show Networking

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-09-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

New York City, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

High school diploma with minium of 75 average or a minimum score of 650 on the GED/HSE exam. Older GED scores(minium 2700) are still valid.

Proficiency in English and Math: Students who have minimum scores of 480 (Verbal) / 530 (Math) in SAT; or 20 (English) / 21 (Math) in ACT; or 75 (English) / 80 (Math) in Regents will be proficient.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

18600 USD / year

≈ 18600 USD / year
Out-of-State

18600 USD / year

≈ 18600 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

9150 USD / year

≈ 9150 USD / year

Additional Details

$3,465/semester for residents

Living costs

New York City

United States

1819 - 3968 USD / month

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Key information

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