Acting at Towson 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 Towson University stacks up to those at other schools.

Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and approximately 21,917 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.

Towson Acting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Acting

Towson Acting Rankings

The acting major at Towson 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 Towson

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

Towson 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 Towson since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in acting at Towson are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its acting bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• 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 MD, the home state for Towson University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD

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 Amouzone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.