2022 Best Value Acting Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Far Western US region, there were 611 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 45 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Acting Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Acting Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree acting students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$36,626 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Art University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 7 associates’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University also made our “Best Acting Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Academy of Art University is $36,626 for far western us region associate degree acting students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Acting at Academy of Art University

#2

New York Film Academy

Burbank, California

#2 in overall quality

$50,710 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, New York Film Academy landed the #2 spot on the list. New York Film Academy is a small school located in Burbank, California that handed out 21 associates’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

New York Film Academy did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Acting Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend New York Film Academy is $50,710 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Acting students whose families make $75-$110k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Acting at New York Film Academy

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $75-$110k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

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