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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” 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 Iowa, there were 16 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,922 and $25,876 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa 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.

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 Iowa For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$15,620 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid. University of Northern Iowa is a medium-sized public school situated in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It awarded 11 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI also took the #2 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. It costs about $15,620 for iowa bachelor’s degree acting students with aid per year to attend University of Northern Iowa.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 more about Acting at University of Northern Iowa

#2

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$29,432 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Acting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s acting students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drake, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Acting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. It costs about $29,432 for iowa bachelor’s degree acting students with aid per year to attend Drake University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Acting at Drake

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting (With Aid)

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

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