2025 Best Acting Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
2Colleges in the Far Western US Region
139Associate Degrees
Acting is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #198 most popular associate degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Acting Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 139 associate degrees in acting during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to acting students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of acting students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
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 colleges for acting students working on their associate 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 Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region.
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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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