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

5 Ranked Colleges
96 Degrees Awarded
$19,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region 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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 122 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 96 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in acting. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent acting programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the acting program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s acting students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $12,203 for southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend The University of Texas at Austin.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Acting at UT Austin

#2

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma City University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

OCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma City University is $17,214 for southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Acting at OCU

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Edward’s University landed the #3 spot on the list. St. Edward’s University is located in Austin, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s acting degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $0-$30k list, St. Edward’s University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,126 for southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Saint Edward’s University.

Read full report on Acting at St. Edward’s University

#4

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. TCU is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s acting degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TCU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,286 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas Christian University.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.

Read more about Acting at Texas Christian University

#5

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Baylor is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor University is $26,726 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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