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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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.

Across the New England region, there were 96 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in acting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality acting programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree acting students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

#1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #1 spot on the list. Yale University is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s acting degrees to qualified students.

Yale not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Yale Acting Report

#2

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#2 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Brown is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 14 masters’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brown, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Brown University Acting Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $30-$48k)

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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