2023 Most Popular Colleges for Acting in Minnesota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Acting Major in Minnesota” ranking.

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

Across Minnesota, there were 2 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Acting Major in Minnesota” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in acting. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in acting.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Acting Major in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota acting students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Acting in Minnesota

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Minnesota State University - Moorhead
Moorhead, Minnesota

#24 overall quality in Minnesota

$40,896 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,397 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Acting Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the #1 spot on the list. Moorhead, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s acting degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full MSU Moorhead Acting Report

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Augsburg University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#22 overall quality in Minnesota

$50,712 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,353 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Augsburg University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Acting Major in Minnesota list. Augsburg is a small school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 1 ’s acting degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Acting at Augsburg University

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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.