2025 Best Acting Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

If you plan on majoring in acting, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #323 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for acting students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 9 degrees in acting to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Acting Schools List

Acting Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Acting Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Read more about College Factual's methodology.

Best Schools for Acting in the Rocky Mountains Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the acting degree levels they offer.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Acting

1

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO

University of Northern Colorado is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in acting. University of Northern Colorado is a medium-sized public university located in the midsize city of Greeley.More information about a degree in acting from University of Northern Colorado

2

Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, UT

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

25.0% Growth in Graduates

Brigham Young University - Provo is a great choice for students interested in a degree in acting. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in acting from Brigham Young University - Provo

Best Acting Colleges by State

Explore the best acting schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	597	6
Wyoming	278	2

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Acting Related Rankings by Major

One of 11 majors within the Drama & Theater Arts area of study, Acting has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Acting

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Theater Arts	474
Theater Design & Technology	25
Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft	20
Theatre and Dance	16
Musical Theater	14

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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.