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2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in acting. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great acting programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1 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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s acting degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $48-$75k list, UT Austin has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Austin is $15,757 for southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Full The University of Texas at Austin Acting Report

#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 $48-$75k list. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 34 degrees to qualified bachelors’s acting students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OCU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma City University is $22,989 for southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $48-$75k.

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%. 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.

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#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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Edward’s University landed the #3 spot on the list. Saint 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 $48-$75k 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 $23,929 for southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend St. Edward’s University.

Read more about Acting at St. Edward’s University

#4

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s acting degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

TCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for TCU is $29,929 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students whose families make $48-$75k.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Acting at Texas Christian University

#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 $48-$75k. 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 also took the #4 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $31,343 for southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Baylor.

The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Acting at Baylor University

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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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