2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting in District of Columbia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Acting is the 319th most popular major in the country with 1,944 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across District of Columbia, there were 15 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Master’s in District of Columbia” list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. GWU is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 15 masters’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GWU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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