2025 Best Acting Bachelor's Degree Schools in Missouri

a bachelor's degree in acting is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #230 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Acting Bachelor's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 21 bachelor's degrees in acting during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on acting students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of acting students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized acting related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for acting students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Acting Schools

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 Missouri ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Acting in Missouri

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in acting.

Top Missouri Schools for a Bachelor's in Acting

1

Webster University
Saint Louis, MO

9 Annual Graduates

Webster University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in acting. Webster is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.More information about a bachelor’s in acting from Webster University

2

Lindenwood University
Saint Charles, MO

8 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Lindenwood University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in acting. Located in the city of Saint Charles, Lindenwood University is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in acting from Lindenwood University

Best Acting Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Acting Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	446	2
Iowa	403	19
Nebraska	331	8

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Acting Related Rankings by Major

Acting is one of 11 different types of Drama & Theater Arts programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Theater Arts	114
Musical Theater	21
Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft	14
Theater Design & Technology	5
Directing & Theatrical Production	4
Costume Design	4

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.