2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting in Florida

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida” 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 Florida, there were 16 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,173 and $25,318 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida” 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida

The colleges and universities below are the best for florida bachelor’s degree acting students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting in Florida

#1

Florida Southern College

Lakeland, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$25,646 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Southern College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida list. Florida Southern College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lakeland, Florida. It awarded 9 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida Southern, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Florida Southern is $25,646 for Florida Bachelor’s Degree Acting students.

Full Florida Southern College Acting Report

#2

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$46,949 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Miami. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Florida. U Miami is a fairly large school located in Coral Gables, Florida that handed out 7 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

U Miami also took the #1 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for U Miami is $46,949 for Florida Bachelor’s Degree Acting students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

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

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