by our College Data Analytics Team
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 Maryland” 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 Maryland, there were 28 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,642 and $26,517 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 3 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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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in Maryland”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland bachelor’s degree acting students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevenson University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in Maryland list. Stevenson is a private not-for-profit institution located in Stevenson, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in Maryland. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s acting degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Towson University landed the #3 spot on the list. Towson University is a large public school situated in Towson, Maryland. It awarded 11 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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