2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting in the Plains States Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Acting is the 319th most popular major in the country with 1,944 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Plains States region, there were 49 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 6 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree acting students.
Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. UNI is a medium-sized public school situated in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It awarded 11 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.
UNI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNI is $15,620 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lindenwood University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Charles, Missouri. It awarded 7 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree acting students list, Lindenwood University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lindenwood University is $17,491 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephens College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Stephens is a small school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 6 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stephens, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Stephens is $22,337 for plains states region bachelor’s degree acting students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #4 spot on the list. Webster is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 9 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree acting students list, Webster has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Webster University is $22,768 for plains states region bachelor’s degree acting students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nebraska Wesleyan University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Nebraska Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 6 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.
NWU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Nebraska Wesleyan University is $23,847 for plains states region bachelor’s degree acting students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
Drake University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Des Moines, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s acting degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
Drake also took the #1 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Drake is $29,432 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.
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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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