What are the best colleges in the World for the performing arts?

Question: What are the best colleges in the World for the performing arts!?

Particuarly Drama!.

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Most of the best performing arts schools are actually within the United States!.

Boston Conservatory (Boston, MA)
Cleveland Institute of Music (Cleveland, Ohio)
Colburn School (Los Angeles, California)
Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia, PA)
Juilliard School (New York, NY)
Longy School of Music (Cambridge, MA)
Manhattan School of Music (New York, NY)
New England Conservatory (Boston, MA)
Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Oberlin, Ohio)
San Francisco Conservatory of Music (San Francisco, CA)
The College-Conservatory of Music (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
Mannes College The New School for Music of the New School University (New York, NY)
Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana)
The Graduate School of Music at Yale University (New Haven, CT)
The Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam (Potsdam, NY)

Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London, England)
McGill University (Toronto, Canada)
Royal Academy of Music (London, England)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Not sure about the rest of the world, but in Australia they are:

NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Arts) - Sydney, AUS!.

WAPAA (Western Australia Performing Arts Academy) WA, Aus!.

BAPA (Ballarat Academy of Performing Arts) - Ballarat, Vic, Aus!.

VCA (Victorian College of the Arts) - Melbourne, Vic, Aus!.Www@QuestionHome@Com