College Scholarship Search College Search Career Exploration College Admissions Articles Financial Aid and Student Loan Calculators Compare Student Loans
Username Password
Search:

Overview for Acting

A program that prepares individuals to communicate dramatic information, ideas, moods, and feelings through the achievement of naturalistic and believable behavior in imaginary circumstances. Includes instruction in voice and acting speech, stage dialects, movement, improvisation, acting styles, theatre history, script interpretation, and actor coaching.

Careers for Acting Majors

A major in Acting is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.

Colleges Offering a Major in Acting

Top 50 U.S. Colleges with the highest percentage of Acting among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
The Juilliard School
New York, NY
 15
(12.1%)
 $28,640 
Bard College at Simon's Rock
Great Barrington, MA
 4
(8.7%)
 $38,535 
Greensboro College
Greensboro, NC
 8
(5.3%)
Moderately Selective$22,248 
Online Degree Programs
Search through hundreds of online degree options to find a program that is right for you! We list degrees from accredited online programs and traditional colleges.
The University of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA
 22
(4.9%)
Highly Selective$30,600 
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL
 80
(4.3%)
Open Admissions$18,415 
Marymount Manhattan College
New York, NY
 16
(4.3%)
Less Selective$21,792 
Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL
 20
(2.1%)
Highly Selective$19,000 
CollegeToolkit.com is on Facebook!
Combine our college search functionality with Facebook's community features
Emerson College
Boston, MA
 16
(1.9%)
Highly Selective$28,848 
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA
 5
(1.9%)
Moderately Selective$26,002 
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, OR
 10
(1.5%)
Less Selective$18,669 
1 2 3 4 5
If you have registered as a Student on College Toolkit, the tuition is in-state, if applicable. Otherwise, tuition values are for out-of-state students.

Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.