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

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 Bachelor’s in Virginia” 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 Virginia, there were 18 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia

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

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

#1

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$15,267 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #1 spot on the list. Regent University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Regent also took the #2 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Regent is $15,267 for virginia bachelor’s degree acting students.

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#2

Shenandoah University

Winchester, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$27,124 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Shenandoah University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia 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 also took the #1 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Shenandoah University is $27,124 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Acting students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.

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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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