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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Southwest Region

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Southwest Region

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In 2021-2022, 1,686 people earned their degree in acting, making the major the 323rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 107 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 69 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in acting. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in acting.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Acting in the Southwest Region

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Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma City University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2021-2022.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Acting at OCU

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Edward’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Saint Edward’s University Acting Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Southwest Region. Waco, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s acting degrees to 17 students in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Acting at Baylor

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #4 spot on the list. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 5 bachelors’s acting degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Acting at Texas Christian University

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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 #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Southwest Region. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s acting degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Acting at The University of Texas at Austin

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Southwest Region ranking. OSU is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s acting degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

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