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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Acting (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

1 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$25,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Acting Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Acting Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 associate degree level specifically, there were 26 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent acting programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the acting program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The acting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Vallue Acting Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k”.

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Best Vallue Acting Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree acting students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Acting (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Acting Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts landed the #1 spot on the list. KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts is a small private for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 26 associates’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

KD Conservatory did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Acting Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts is $21,528 for southwest region associate degree acting students whose families make more than $110k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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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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