Acting at Boston University

Every acting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the acting program at Boston University stacks up to those at other schools.

Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 32,718.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Acting section at the bottom of this page.

Boston U Acting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Acting

Boston U Acting Rankings

The acting major at Boston U is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Acting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Acting Student Demographics at Boston U

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the acting majors at Boston University.

Boston U Acting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of acting bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical acting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Boston U since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in acting at Boston U are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boston University with a bachelor's in acting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Playwriting & Screenwriting
• Directing & Theatrical Production
• Theater Arts
• Theater Design & Technology

Careers That Acting Grads May Go Into

A degree in acting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Boston University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Cmcnicoll at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.