2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,944 people earned their degree in acting, making the major the 319th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 214 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent acting programs, but they also cost less that 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$2,350 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia College Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 12 masters’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia also made our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia College Chicago are $2,350.

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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.

Credits

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

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