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.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of acting. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 80 degrees in acting annually.
Your choice of acting school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for acting schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Schools in Texas.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
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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.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in acting. UT Austin is a fairly large public university located in the city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were roughly 11 acting students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in acting has to check out Texas Christian University. TCU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Fort Worth. This university ranks 4th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 5 acting students who graduated with this degree at TCU in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Baylor University if you want to pursue a degree in acting. Located in the city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 17 acting students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent data year.
KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in acting. KD Conservatory is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the large city of Dallas.
There were approximately 38 acting students who graduated with this degree at KD Conservatory in the most recent data year.
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).
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Your choice of acting school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for acting schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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