2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Acting in the New England Region

A master's degree in acting is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #397 out of 1095 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Acting in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 26 master's degrees in acting during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Acting in the New England Region

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in acting.

Most Well Attended Schools for Acting Students Working on Their Master's

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

14 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In RI

#1 Best Quality In RI

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Brown University if you want to pursue a master's degree in acting. Brown is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Providence. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for master's degrees in acting in Rhode Island. More information about a master’s in acting from Brown University

2

Yale University
New Haven, CT

12 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In CT

#1 Best Quality In CT

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in acting has to check out Yale University. Yale is a large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of New Haven. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in acting in Connecticut. More information about a master’s in acting from Yale University

Best Acting Colleges by State

Explore the most popular acting colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	293	13
Rhode Island	200	17

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Acting Related Rankings by Major

Acting is one of 9 different types of Drama & Theater Arts programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Theater Design & Technology	38
Theater Arts	31
Playwriting & Screenwriting	29
Directing & Theatrical Production	9
Musical Theater	8

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge. More about our data sources and methodologies.