2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
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 Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” 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 Southeast region, there were 153 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 78 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 11 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.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree acting students.
Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Freed-Hardeman University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Freed-Hardeman University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Henderson, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
FHU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,703 for southeast region bachelor’s degree acting students per year to attend Freed-Hardeman University.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Anderson University South Carolina. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit institution located in Anderson, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Anderson University South Carolina, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Anderson University South Carolina is $21,756 for southeast region bachelor’s degree acting students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Greensboro College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Greensboro College is a small school located in Greensboro, North Carolina that handed out 6 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.
Greensboro College also took the #9 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $18,764 for southeast region bachelor’s degree acting students per year to attend Greensboro College.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Shenandoah University landed the #4 spot on the list. Shenandoah is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winchester, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Shenandoah did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Shenandoah is $27,124 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students.
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. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.
Regent not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Regent is $15,267 for southeast region bachelor’s degree acting students.
With a ranking of #6, Belmont University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s acting degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
Belmont also made our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Belmont University is $35,548 for southeast region bachelor’s degree acting students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.
Brenau University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Gainesville, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s acting degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brenau, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Brenau University is $21,745 for southeast region bachelor’s degree acting students.
Lipscomb University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s acting degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.
Lipscomb did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $24,749 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students per year to attend Lipscomb University.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
Florida Southern College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Lakeland, Florida, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.
Florida Southern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Florida Southern College is $25,646 for southeast region bachelor’s degree acting students.
Visible Music College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Visible Music College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Memphis, Tennessee. It awarded 1 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Visible Music College, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Visible Music College is $22,807 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
University of Miami ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Miami is a private not-for-profit institution located in Coral Gables, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
U Miami also made our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend University of Miami is $46,949 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
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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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