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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 153 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent acting programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Acting Schools

The acting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region”.

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. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree acting students.

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

#1

Mississippi University for Women

Columbus, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$7,525 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi University for Women. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Mississippi University for Women is located in Columbus, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s acting degrees to qualified students.

MUW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at MUW are $7,525, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Acting at Mississippi University for Women

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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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