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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
96 Degrees Awarded
$27,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting 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 the Southwest Region 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 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.

This year’s “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Austin is $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#2

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma City University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 34 degrees to qualified bachelors’s acting students in 2019-2020.

OCU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $22,306 for southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students with aid per year to attend Oklahoma City University.

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 student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Acting at Oklahoma City University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Edward’s University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Austin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s acting degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

St. Edward’s University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $24,833 for southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students with aid per year to attend St. Edward’s University.

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#4

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s acting degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

TCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend TCU is $36,811 for southwest region bachelor’s degree acting students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#5

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor also took the #4 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Acting students with aid per year to attend Baylor.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, 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 91%.

Read full report on Acting at Baylor University

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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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