2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2019-2020, 1,944 people earned their degree in acting, making the major the 319th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 122 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 96 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in acting. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great acting programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the acting program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $75-$110k.
Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 16 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Austin also took the #1 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Austin is $20,454 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students whose families make $75-$110k.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma City University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Oklahoma City University is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s acting degrees to qualified students.
OCU also made our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend OCU is $23,324 for southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $75-$110k.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Edward’s University landed the #3 spot on the list. Saint Edward’s University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
St. Edward’s University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for St. Edward’s University is $27,753 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students whose families make $75-$110k.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Baylor is a fairly large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 20 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Baylor, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Baylor University is $35,300 for southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students whose families make $75-$110k.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #5 spot on the list. TCU is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a fairly large 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 TCU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend TCU is $33,664 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students whose families make $75-$110k.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
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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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