2022 Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,944 people earned their degree in acting, making the major the 319th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 130 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 $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” 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.

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 Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

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 Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College Chicago landed the #1 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 also took the #1 spot in our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $2,350, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Columbia Acting Report

#2

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 #2 for the Best Value Acting Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s acting degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

DePaul also made our “Best Acting Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full DePaul Acting Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Acting in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’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.

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