2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting in Connecticut (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Connecticut, there were 36 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,552 and $24,636 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in acting. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent acting programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut bachelor’s degree acting students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting in Connecticut (With Aid)

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$22,012 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Storrs, Connecticut, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UCONN is $22,012 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Acting students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 full report on Acting at University of Connecticut

#2

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$28,541 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hartford. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid list. University of Hartford is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Hartford, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UHart also made our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend University of Hartford is $28,541 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Acting students with aid.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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

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