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2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
18 Degrees Awarded
$20,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor's in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Acting is the 319th most popular major in the country with 1,944 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Tennessee, there were 57 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in acting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality acting programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the acting program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $0-$30k) in Tennessee

#1

Freed-Hardeman University

Henderson, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Freed-Hardeman University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k. Henderson, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s acting degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

FHU also made our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Freed-Hardeman University is $13,512 for tennessee bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full FHU Acting Report

#2

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Belmont University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s acting degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Belmont also took the #1 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Belmont University is $25,980 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Acting students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Belmont University Acting Report

#3

Lipscomb University

Nashville, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lipscomb University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s acting degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Lipscomb did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lipscomb is $20,036 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Acting students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Acting at Lipscomb University

#4

Visible Music College

Memphis, Tennessee
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Visible Music College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

Visible Music College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. It costs about $21,073 for tennessee bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Visible Music College.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Acting at Visible Music College

Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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