2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,944 people earned their degree in acting, making the major the 319th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 153 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree acting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Mississippi University for Women

Columbus, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$7,525 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi University for Women. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. MUW is a small public school situated in Columbus, Mississippi. It awarded 2 masters’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

MUW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at MUW are $7,525, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Acting at MUW

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $0-$30k)

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.

Credits

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

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