2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting in the Great Lakes Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Acting is the 323rd most popular major in the country with 1,793 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 251 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 234 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 25 colleges that offer a degree in acting. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in acting.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree acting students.
Top 25 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Evansville. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Evansville is a small school located in Evansville, Indiana that handed out 20 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Acting at University of Evansville
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia College Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Columbia is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 44 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Acting at Columbia College Chicago
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baldwin Wallace University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region. Baldwin Wallace University is located in Berea, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s acting degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Acting at Baldwin Wallace College
Out of the 25 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Wesleyan University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Bloomington, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s acting students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Acting at Illinois Wesleyan University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Otterbein University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region. Otterbein is located in Westerville, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s acting degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Full Otterbein Acting Report
Wright State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Dayton, Ohio. It awarded 19 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Acting at Wright State University - Main Campus
Roosevelt University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s acting degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Acting at Roosevelt
DePaul University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. DePaul University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 25 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Acting at DePaul University
Bradley University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Peoria, Illinois, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
Read more about Acting at Bradley
Western Michigan University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s acting students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Acting at Western Michigan University
Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a public institution located in Athens, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Acting at OHIO Athens
With a ranking of #12, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Acting at UC
Oakland University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s acting degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Read full report on Acting at Oakland
University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UIC is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 10 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Acting at UIC
With a ranking of #15, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 7 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Acting at Purdue
Ohio University - Southern Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #16. Ohio University - Southern Campus is a small public school situated in Ironton, Ohio. It awarded 0 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Ohio University - Southern Campus Acting Report
Notre Dame College landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s acting degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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Augustana College landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Augustana is located in Rock Island, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s acting degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
Read full report on Acting at Augustana College
Millikin University landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Millikin University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Decatur, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Acting at Millikin University
Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region list. OHIO Chillicothe is a small school located in Chillicothe, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Acting at Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus
Aquinas College Michigan ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Aquinas College Michigan is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It awarded 0 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
Full Aquinas College Michigan Acting Report
Ohio University - Eastern Campus came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. OHIO Eastern is a public institution located in Saint Clairsville, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Acting at Ohio University - Eastern Campus
With a ranking of #16, Ohio University - Zanesville Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio University - Zanesville Campus is a small public school situated in Zanesville, Ohio. It awarded 0 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Acting at Ohio University - Zanesville Campus
Beloit College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #16. Beloit is a private not-for-profit institution located in Beloit, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Beloit College Acting Report
Ohio University - Lancaster Campus came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in Lancaster, Ohio, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Acting at Ohio University - Lancaster Campus
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