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2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
96 Degrees Awarded
$21,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,944 people earned their degree in acting, making the major the 319th most popular in the United States.

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 $30-$48k” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the acting program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s acting degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $30-$48k list, UT Austin has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Austin is $13,575 for southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma City University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 34 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s acting students in 2019-2020.

OCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend OCU is $19,034 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Oklahoma City University Acting Report

#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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Edward’s University landed the #3 spot on the list. Saint Edward’s University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Edward’s University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $20,024 for southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend St. Edward’s University.

Full Saint Edward’s University Acting Report

#4

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#2 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

TCU also made our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for TCU is $23,246 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full TCU Acting Report

#5

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Baylor is located in Waco, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s acting degrees to qualified students.

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 is $29,849 for southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Read full report on Acting at Baylor

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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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