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by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Acting is the 323rd most popular major in the country with 1,686 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 411 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 acting graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,396 and $49,784 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in acting. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their acting program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The acting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Far Western US Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree acting students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New York Film Academy landed the #2 spot on the list. New York Film Academy is a small private for-profit school situated in Burbank, California. It awarded 11 masters’s acting degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Institute of the Arts. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Far Western US Region. CalArts is located in Valencia, California and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 12 masters’s acting degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Far Western US Region. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 3 masters’s acting degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of San Diego. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Far Western US Region. USD is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in San Diego, California. It awarded 7 masters’s acting degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of California - San Diego landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. La Jolla, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s acting degrees to 8 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s acting degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
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University of Southern California ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Acting Major in the Far Western US Region list. USC is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 masters’s acting degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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