2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $0-$30k)
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Acting is the 319th most popular major in the country with 1,944 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 189 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered 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.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree acting students whose families make $0-$30k.
Top 14 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $0-$30k)
Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #1 spot on the list. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 12 masters’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our master’s degree acting students whose families make $0-$30k list, Yale has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale are $44,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s acting degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.
Brown also made our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s acting degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.
UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. University of California - San Diego is a public institution located in La Jolla, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UCSD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631.
Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Southern California is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our master’s degree acting students whose families make $0-$30k list, USC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Mississippi University for Women landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. MUW is a small school located in Columbus, Mississippi that handed out 2 masters’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.
MUW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at MUW are $7,525, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
George Washington University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s acting degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our master’s degree acting students whose families make $0-$30k list, GWU has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824.
The Juilliard School landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. The Juilliard School is located in New York, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s acting degrees to qualified students.
Juilliard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Juilliard are $49,260.
Columbia College Chicago landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 12 masters’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.
Columbia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia College Chicago are $2,350, but some majors have different tuition rates.
DePaul University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s acting degrees to qualified students.
DePaul also made our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #8. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.
California Institute of the Arts ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Valencia, California, and it awarded 13 masters’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our master’s degree acting students whose families make $0-$30k list, CalArts has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CalArts are $53,466, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Academy of Art University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. San Francisco, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s acting degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.
Academy of Art University also took the #10 spot in our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Academy of Art University are $27,688.
The New School did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #13. This medium-sized school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 15 masters’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.
New School University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The New School are $47,642, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
With a ranking of #14, New York Film Academy did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. New York Film Academy is a small school located in Burbank, California that handed out 36 masters’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our master’s degree acting students whose families make $0-$30k list, New York Film Academy has also earned the #12 rank in our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New York Film Academy are $35,457, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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%.
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- *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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