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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

2 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$53,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Acting Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in acting. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great acting programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

#1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Yale is a fairly large school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 12 masters’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

Yale also took the #1 spot in our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Acting at Yale University

#2

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #2 spot on the list. Brown University is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s acting degrees to qualified students.

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 are $60,363, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Acting at Brown 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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