by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Acting Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 129 bachelor's degrees in acting during the 2022-2023 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Your choice of acting for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality acting program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for acting students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Acting Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in acting.
It's difficult to beat Columbia College Chicago if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in acting. Columbia is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the city of Chicago.More information about a bachelor’s in acting from Columbia College Chicago
DePaul University is a great choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in acting. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago.More information about a bachelor’s in acting from DePaul University
It is difficult to beat Millikin University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in acting. Located in the city of Decatur, Millikin is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in acting from Millikin University
It's difficult to beat Illinois Wesleyan University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in acting. Illinois Wesleyan is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bloomington.More information about a bachelor’s in acting from Illinois Wesleyan University
Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago.More information about a bachelor’s in acting from Roosevelt University
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Acting is one of 11 different types of Drama & Theater Arts programs to choose from.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Theater Arts | 354 |
| Musical Theater | 105 |
| Theater Design & Technology | 63 |
| Comedy Writing and Performance | 44 |
| Theatre and Dance | 17 |
| Directing & Theatrical Production | 8 |
| Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft | 7 |
| Playwriting & Screenwriting | 4 |
| Theatre Literature, History & Criticism | 3 |
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