2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in District of Columbia

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In 2020-2021, 1,793 people earned their degree in acting, making the major the 323rd most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 18 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in acting. That schools that top this list have a program in acting in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting in District of Columbia

1

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s acting students 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 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full GWU Acting Report

2

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in District of Columbia. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s acting students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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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

• *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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.