2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 214 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in acting. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great acting programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree acting students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. DePaul University is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 9 masters’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul also took the #0 spot in our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$2,350 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbia is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia College Chicago are $2,350, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $48-$75k)

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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