2024 Best Acting Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in acting, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #230 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Acting Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 18 bachelor's degrees in acting to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on acting students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of acting students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized acting related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for acting students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Acting Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Acting Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Acting in Virginia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in acting.

Top Virginia Schools for a Bachelor's in Acting

1

Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA

13 Annual Graduates

Shenandoah University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in acting. Located in the small city of Winchester, Shenandoah is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in acting from Shenandoah University

2

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

3 Annual Graduates

Liberty University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in acting. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Lynchburg.More information about a bachelor’s in acting from Liberty University

Best Acting Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Acting Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	15
Tennessee	460	23
North Carolina	453	17
Georgia	453	8
South Carolina	370	5
Arkansas	294	3

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Acting Related Rankings by Major

Acting is one of 11 different types of Drama & Theater Arts programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Acting

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Theater Arts	314
Musical Theater	27
Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft	6
Theater Design & Technology	5
Directing & Theatrical Production	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge. More about our data sources and methodologies.