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Acting at Salem State University

Acting at Salem State University

If you are interested in studying acting, you may want to check out the program at Salem State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Salem State is located in Salem, Massachusetts and approximately 7,242 students attend the school each year.

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

Salem State Acting Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Acting

Salem State Acting Rankings

The acting major at Salem State 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 Salem State

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

Salem State Acting Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
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 Salem State since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in acting at Salem State 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 Salem State University with a bachelor's in acting.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 Salem State 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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