Acting at Nebraska Wesleyan 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 Nebraska Wesleyan University stacks up to those at other schools.

NWU is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and has a total student population of 1,924.

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

NWU Acting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Acting

NWU Acting Rankings

The acting major at NWU 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 NWU

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

NWU Acting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of acting bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical acting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at NWU since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in acting at NWU 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 Nebraska Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in acting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Directing & Theatrical Production
• Theater Design & Technology
• Musical Theater
• Theater Arts

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 NE, the home state for Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.