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2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
49 Degrees Awarded
$17,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Acting is the 319th most popular major in the country with 1,944 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 49 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in acting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality acting programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the acting program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UNI is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s acting degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNI, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNI is $10,757 for plains states region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low 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 more about Acting at UNI

#2

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lindenwood University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Charles, Missouri that handed out 7 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

Lindenwood University also made our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Lindenwood University is $14,388 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.

Read full report on Acting at Lindenwood University

#3

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s acting degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Webster also took the #4 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Webster is $18,661 for plains states region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Acting at Webster

#4

Nebraska Wesleyan University

Lincoln, Nebraska
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nebraska Wesleyan University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. NWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $0-$30k list, NWU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NWU is $18,946 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low 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%.

Full Nebraska Wesleyan University Acting Report

#5

Stephens College

Columbia, Missouri
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephens College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s acting degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Stephens not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Stephens is $17,210 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Stephens College Acting Report

#6

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

Drake University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drake, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $25,212 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Drake.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Acting at Drake

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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