Acting
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Acting degree recipients are New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, and Burbank, CA. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Acting degree recipients are Burbank, CA, Berea, OH, and Evansville, IN. The most common degree awarded to students studying Acting is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Acting and the types of students that study this field. New York Film Academy awards the most degrees in Acting in the US, but American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York and American Conservatory Theater have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Acting.
Tuition costs for Acting majors are, on average, $7,865 for in-state public colleges, and $38,368 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Acting programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (74 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (816 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Acting, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (816 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Acting programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
New York Film Academy has the most Acting degree recipients, with 170 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Acting.
Out of all institutions that offer Acting programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Acting, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Acting by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Acting.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Visual & Performing Arts graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Visual & Performing Arts majors is $65,031 and the most common occupations are Graphic designers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Postsecondary teachers.
The industry that employs the most Visual & Performing Arts majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals.
The average salary for Visual & Performing Arts majors is $65,031 and the most common occupations are Graphic designers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Postsecondary teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Visual & Performing Arts majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Visual & Performing Arts majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Visual & Performing Arts majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Visual & Performing Arts majors, by number of employees, are Graphic designers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Postsecondary teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Visual & Performing Arts majors working as Graphic designers, Interior designers, and Commercial and industrial designers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Visual & Performing Arts majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Economists.
The number of Visual & Performing Arts graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.58%, from 2.12M in 2020 to 2.2M in 2021.
The largest single share of Visual & Performing Arts graduates go on to work as Graphic designers (4.61%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Visual & Performing Arts by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Visual & Performing Arts majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Specialized design services.
The highest paying industries of Visual & Performing Arts majors, by average wage, are Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, Petroleum refining, and Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing.
The number of Visual & Performing Arts graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.58%, from 2.12M in 2020 to 2.2M in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Visual & Performing Arts graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Visual & Performing Arts.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Visual & Performing Arts majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Visual & Performing Arts majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Visual & Performing Arts in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Visual & Performing Arts is 41.1.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Visual & Performing Arts degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Visual & Performing Arts (936 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Visual & Performing Arts. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 29 years old, which represent 3.47% and 3.39% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Acting are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and Masters Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Visual & Performing Arts are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Acting.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Acting for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Acting.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Korea that hold Visual & Performing Arts degrees (4.69 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Korea (26,724 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Acting field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Acting majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Acting majors need more than the average amount of Installation, Repairing, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Instructing, Social Perceptiveness, Operations Analysis, Time Management, Speaking, Learning Strategies, Active Learning, Monitoring, Management of Personnel Resources, Systems Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Coordination, Active Listening, Service Orientation, Systems Evaluation, Persuasion, Critical Thinking, Writing, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Negotiation, Technology Design, Equipment Selection, Quality Control Analysis, Mathematics, Operation and Control, Programming, Operation Monitoring, Science, Equipment Maintenance, and Troubleshooting.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Acting majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Installation is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Instructing, Reading Comprehension, Learning Strategies, Active Learning, Active Listening, Writing, Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness, Time Management, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Coordination, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Service Orientation, Persuasion, Management of Personnel Resources, Negotiation, Operations Analysis, Mathematics, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Science, Quality Control Analysis, Technology Design, Operation Monitoring, Repairing, Programming, Equipment Selection, Operation and Control, Installation, Equipment Maintenance, and Troubleshooting are the three most important skills for people in the field.
