by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for acting students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 69 bachelor's degrees in acting to qualified students.
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 take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different 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 full 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.
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 the Best Acting Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in acting.
Emerson College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in acting. Emerson is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the city of Boston.More information about a bachelor’s in acting from Emerson College
Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in acting has to take a look at Boston University. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in acting from Boston University
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in acting needs to look into University of Connecticut. UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Storrs.More information about a bachelor’s in acting from University of Connecticut
It is hard to beat Keene State College if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in acting. Keene State is a small public college located in the distant town of Keene.More information about a bachelor’s in acting from Keene State College
Explore the best acting schools for a specific state in the New England Region .
| State | Colleges | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 581 | 42 |
| Connecticut | 341 | 23 |
| Vermont | 289 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 276 | 5 |
Acting is one of 11 different types of Drama & Theater Arts programs to choose from.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Theater Arts | 523 |
| Musical Theater | 96 |
| Theater Design & Technology | 44 |
| Directing & Theatrical Production | 27 |
| Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft | 18 |
| Theatre Literature, History & Criticism | 1 |
| Costume Design | 1 |
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