2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the acting program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree acting students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $30-$48k) 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 $30-$48k list. Columbus, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s acting degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

MUW also made our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi University for Women 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 $30-$48k)

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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