2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Acting is the 323rd most popular major in the country with 1,793 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 587 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 204 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in acting. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their acting program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree acting students.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Acting in the Middle Atlantic Region

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American Academy of Dramatic Arts - New York
New York, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American Academy of Dramatic Arts - New York. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in New York, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 86 diplomas to qualified associates’s acting students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full American Academy of Dramatic Arts - New York Acting Report

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New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
New York, New York

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts landed the #2 spot on the list. New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts is a private for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 102 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts Acting Report

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Northampton County Area Community College
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northampton County Area Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Northampton Community College is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 associates’s acting degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Acting at Northampton Community College

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Nassau Community College
Garden City, New York

Top 20% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nassau Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This fairly large school is located in Garden City, New York, and it awarded 7 associates’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Nassau Community College Acting Report

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Montgomery County Community College
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montgomery County Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Blue Bell, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s acting degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Full Montco Acting Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Acting

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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

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