Acting Degree Courses in the UK - Bachelors & Masters

Program University Student satis­faction Unem­ployed Drop­out Tuition (UK) Tuition (Inter­national) UCAS Tariff City
Musical Theatre (Film Acting) BA (Hons) University of Chichester 44% 3% 5% £9250 £15840 £16344 145 Chichester On campus Full-time
Acting and Performance BA (Hons) Queen Margaret University 100% 0% 0% £9250 £8000 170 Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Acting (Screen & Digital) BA (Hons) Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts - 2% 10% £9250 £19500 155 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) The University of Winchester 89% 0% 5% £9250 £16700 107 Winchester On campus Full-time
Acting (with Integrated Foundation & Professional Practice Years) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 58% 5% 1% £9250 £17500 156 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) Arts University Bournemouth 85% 6% 9% £9250 £17950 153 Poole On campus Full-time
Acting - Performance BA (Hons) University of West London 82% 10% 16% £9250 £16250 135 Ealing On campus Full-time
Acting for Stage and Screen BA (Hons) Staffordshire University 71% 5% 5% £9250 £16750 129 Stoke-on-Trent On campus Full-time
Acting & Performance BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 58% 5% 2% £9250 £17500 139 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Acting for Stage and Screen with Foundation Year BA (Hons) Buckinghamshire New University - 5% 25% £9250 £15000 £15150 121 High Wycombe On campus Full-time
Music Performance (Film Acting) BA (Hons) University of Chichester 66% 3% 5% £9250 £15840 £16344 149 Chichester On campus Full-time
Acting (with Integrated Foundation Year) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 58% 5% 1% £9250 £17500 156 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Stage and Screen Acting BA (Hons) Edinburgh Napier University 80% 0% 0% £9250 £15160 £16680 167 Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Acting (Professional Placement Year) BA (Hons) Bath Spa University 88% 5% 13% £9250 £16905 129 Bath On campus Full-time Sandwich
Screen Acting BA (Hons) Met Film School 73% 0% 0% £20000 £20000 145 London On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts 79% 5% 5% £9250 £19500 138 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) Norwich University of the Arts 72% 6% 5% £9250 £18000 135 Norwich On campus Full-time
Drama with Acting BA (Hons) Royal Holloway, University of London 75% 5% 7% £9250 £23800 152 Egham On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) University of Chichester 50% 5% 0% £9250 £15840 £16344 154 Chichester On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) Leeds Conservatoire 79% 2% 0% £9250 £18750 130 Leeds On campus Full-time
Acting and English BA (Hons) Edinburgh Napier University 100% 0% 0% £9250 £15160 £16680 169 Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Acting and Performance BA (Hons) Southampton Solent University - 4% 0% £9250 £15000 £16125 131 Southampton On campus Full-time
Acting and Performance BA (Hons) Sheffield Hallam University 67% 5% 7% £9250 £15860 £16655 125 Sheffield On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) Bath Spa University 89% 5% 14% £9250 £16905 133 Bath On campus Full-time
Acting for Film BA (Hons) University of Chichester 89% 4% 10% £9250 £15840 150 Chichester On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 79% 5% 0% £9250 £25200 167 London On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) Rose Bruford College 82% 0% 0% £9250 £23000 155 Sidcup On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) York St John University 77% 0% 0% £9250 £14000 109 York On campus Full-time
Acting for Stage and Screen BA (Hons) Buckinghamshire New University - 5% 20% £9250 £15000 £15150 112 High Wycombe On campus Full-time
Screen Acting and Film Production BA (Hons) University of Chichester 67% 0% 0% £9250 £15840 £16344 135 Chichester On campus Full-time
Acting & Performance (with Professional Practice Year) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 58% 5% 1% £9250 £17500 156 Canterbury On campus Full-time Sandwich
Acting (BA) BA Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 88% 0% 0% £9250 £27968 160 Glasgow On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) The University of Northampton 88% 0% 10% £9250 - 141 Northampton On campus Full-time
Professional Acting BA (Hons) University of West London 92% - 5% £9250 £16500 142 Ealing On campus Full-time
Acting for Stage and Screen BA (Hons) Coventry University 100% 0% 5% £9250 - 119 Coventry On campus Full-time Sandwich
Acting BA (Hons) St Mary's University, Twickenham 63% - 6% £9250 £16320 141 Twickenham On campus Full-time
Acting and Performance BA (Hons) University of the Arts London 47% 3% 1% £9250 - 124 London On campus Full-time
Acting for Contemporary and Devised Performance BA (Hons) The University of Northampton 71% 10% 15% £9250 - 114 Northampton On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) Anglia Ruskin University 50% 0% 5% £9250 - 136 Cambridge On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) University of Central Lancashire 81% 0% 5% £9250 - 154 Preston On campus Full-time
Acting and Performance BA (Hons) London South Bank University 88% 0% 4% £9250 - 145 London On campus Full-time
Acting for Stage and Screen BA (Hons) University of East London 89% - 5% £9250 £14160 £14820 125 London On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) Coventry University 100% 0% 10% £7950 - 146 Coventry On campus Full-time
Acting (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) University of Bedfordshire 79% 10% 15% £9250 - 111 Luton On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) University of Chester 38% 5% 25% £9250 - 161 Chester On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University 42% 10% 5% - - 134 Manchester On campus Full-time
English Literature and Theatre, Acting & Performance BA (Hons) University of Worcester 87% 0% 5% - - 121 Worcester On campus Full-time
Acting for Stage and Screen BA (Hons) The Northern School of Art 93% 0% 0% £9250 - - Middlesbrough On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) University of East London - - 0% £9250 £14160 112 London On campus Full-time
Performing Arts with Acting Specialism HNC North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College 81% 0% 5% £5950 - - Nuneaton On campus Full-time
Film Studies and Theatre, Acting & Performance BA (Hons) University of Worcester 91% 10% 0% - - 124 Worcester On campus Full-time
Theatre, Acting & Performance BA (Hons) University of Worcester 81% 0% 10% - - 129 Worcester On campus Full-time
Drama and Acting BA (Hons) University of the West of England 54% 0% 14% - - 132 Bristol On campus Full-time
Acting with Foundation BA (Hons) Plymouth University 51% 5% 10% - - 135 Plymouth On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) University of Surrey 100% 1% 0% - - 159 Guildford On campus Full-time
Contemporary Theatre and Performance (Applied Acting and Devising) BA (Hons) University of West London - 10% 16% - - 135 Ealing On campus Full-time
Acting for Stage and Screen BA (Hons) Newcastle College 83% 10% 15% £9250 - - Newcastle On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) Falmouth University 86% 5% 4% - - 163 Falmouth On campus Full-time
Screenwriting and Theatre, Acting & Performance BA (Hons) University of Worcester 62% 10% 15% - - 120 Worcester On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) Plymouth University 53% 0% 5% - - 141 Plymouth On campus Full-time
Acting FD Leeds City College 61% - 5% £9250 - - Leeds On campus Full-time
Acting for Stage and Screen BA (Hons) York College 60% - 10% £8640 - - York On campus Full-time
Performing Arts (Acting Pathway) HND South Essex College of Further and Higher Education 92% - 15% £7000 - - Southend-on-Sea On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) The Manchester College 88% - 0% £8000 £8900 - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Acting and Touring Theatre (BIPA) BA (Hons) South Gloucestershire and Stroud College - - 5% £8500 £11750 - Bristol On campus Full-time
Acting BA BA (Hons) Birmingham City University - - - £9250 £19020 - Birmingham On campus Full-time
Acting for Stage and Screen BA (Hons) De Montfort University - - - £9250 £15250 - Leicester On campus Full-time
Acting MA (PG) Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts - - - £15250 £20750 - Liverpool On campus Full-time
Acting - Classical MA Royal Central School of Speech and Drama - - - £22750 £27500 - London On campus Full-time
Acting (International) BA (Hons) University of Essex - - - £9250 £20500 - Colchester On campus Full-time
Acting for Stage, Screen and Digital Media BA (Hons) BIMM - British and Irish Modern Music Institute - - - £9250 £15950 - Hove On campus Full-time
Acting (Film, TV and Stage) Top-Up BA (Hons) Buckinghamshire New University - - - £9250 £15000 £15150 - High Wycombe On campus Full-time
MA Acting for Stage, Screen and Radio MA Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama - - - £16000 £28300 - Cardiff On campus Full-time
Acting (Creative Performance Practice) - 2 Year Accelerated Degree BA (Hons) De Montfort University - - - £9250 £15250 £15750 - Leicester On campus Full-time
Performance (Acting, Dance, Musical Theatre) HNC Burnley College - - 20% £7000 - - Burnley On campus Full-time
Acting Classical and Contemporary Text (MFA) MFA (PG) Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - - - £23583 £37387 - Glasgow On campus Full-time
Acting for Screen MA Royal Central School of Speech and Drama - - - £16800 £24150 - London On campus Full-time
Acting and Performance HNC University of the Highlands and Islands - - - £7110 £7110 £7980 £8775 - Inverness On campus Full-time
Acting MA University of Essex - - - £18400 £21700 - Colchester On campus Full-time
Performing Arts (Acting) HNC Coleg Llandrillo (Llandrillo College) - - - £8300 £8300 - Colwyn Bay On campus Part-time
Acting - Performance with Foundation BA (Hons) University of West London - - - £9250 £16250 - Ealing On campus Full-time
Acting and Contemporary Theatre BA (Hons) University of Essex - - - £9250 £20500 - Colchester On campus Full-time
Acting and Physical Theatre BA (Hons) University of Essex - - - £9250 £20500 - Colchester On campus Full-time
Acting BA (Hons) University of Essex - - - £9250 £20500 - Colchester On campus Full-time
Acting and Performance with Foundation Year BA (Hons) Sheffield Hallam University - - - £9250 £15860 £16655 - Sheffield On campus Full-time
Screen Acting MA University of Chichester - - - £9828 £16074 - Chichester On campus Full-time
Acting (with Integrated International Foundation Year) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts - - - £9250 £17500 - Canterbury On campus Full-time
Acting (with Integrated International Foundation & Professional Practice Years) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts - - - £9250 £17500 - Canterbury On campus Full-time
Drama, Theatre and Acting BA Oxford Brookes University - - - £9250 £15950 - Oxford On campus Full-time
Acting Classical and Contemporary Text (MA) MA (PG) Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - - - £17688 £28038 - Glasgow On campus Full-time
Contemporary Theatre and Performance (Applied Acting and Devising) with Foundation BA (Hons) University of West London - - - £9250 £16250 - Ealing On campus Full-time
Acting for Stage and Screen (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) University of East London - - - £9250 £14160 £14820 - London On campus Full-time
Acting and Community Engagement BA (Hons) University of Essex - - - £9250 £20500 - Colchester On campus Full-time
BA (Hons) Acting BA (Hons) Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama - - - £9000 £9000 £26800 - Cardiff On campus Full-time
Acting and Stage Combat BA (Hons) University of Essex - - - £9250 £20500 - Colchester On campus Full-time
Introduction to Acting CertHE University of East London - - - £9250 £14160 - London On campus Full-time
Screen Acting & Performance MA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts - - - £10500 £17500 - Canterbury On campus Full-time
Acting for Screen BA (Hons) Met Film School - - - £9250 £14750 - London On campus Full-time
Acting MA MA Birmingham City University - - - £14175 £19020 - Birmingham On campus Full-time
Creative Arts with Acting Performance FD Calderdale College - - - £7950 £7950 - Halifax On campus Full-time
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Student Reviews

Overall student satisfaction
72 /100
12201 total respondents

Primarily based on data from undergraduate degree students.

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Source: National Student Survey NSS 2023. The Overall student satisfaction data point is from 2022 (latest available year). The Office for Students made the unfortunate decision to discontinue collecting overall student satisfaction data points per course.
The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Primarily based on salary data of undergraduate students

Salary of all UK Graduates of Acting

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £20903 £17931 £21753
25-75 percentile range £17825 - £24915 £12598 - £22386 £15916 - £27274
Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) by UK Department for Education Dec 20, 2022
All Acting courses in the UK

Salary of all UK Graduates of all subjects

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £21728 £18886 £23150
25-75 percentile range £17650 - £25828 £13767 - £23976 £16979 - £29126
Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023

Jobs & Career Perspectives

Career perspectives for Acting

15 months after graduation, graduates of this subject were asked about their current circumstances of employment, what they do, and whether their activities and perspectives are directly related to their studies.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023

Current jobs

Among graduates of Acting who indicated that they are working, the percentage below represents the number who “agree” or “strongly agree” with the statements about their job.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023

Typical employers for graduates of Acting

  • Advertising Firms
  • Broadcasters
  • TV/Film Producers
  • Theatres
  • Entertainment Industry

Jobs of graduates of Acting (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Acting at Anglia Ruskin University

20% Teaching and Childcare Associate Professionals
15% Secretarial and related occupations
15% Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation
15% Sales occupations
5% Business and public service associate professionals
5% Teaching Professionals
5% Customer service occupations
5% Administrative occupations
5% Managers, directors and senior officials
5% Caring personal services
Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Oct 10, 2023

Grading & Study Time

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Entry Requirements / Admissions

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for Acting

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Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Oct 10, 2023
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Acting is the study of/training in the communication of dramatic information, ideas, moods, and feelings through the achievement of naturalistic and believable behaviour in imaginary circumstances.

The median salary of graduates of Acting was £20903 15 months after graduation, £17931 3 years after graduation and £21753 5 years after graduation.

  • The following degrees are offered for Acting studies:
  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - BA (Hons)
  • Bachelor of Arts - BA
  • Higher National Certificate - HNC
  • Foundation Degree - FD
  • Higher National Diploma - HND
  • Master of Arts (Postgraduate) - MA (PG)
  • Master of Arts - MA
  • Master of Fine Arts - MFA (PG)
  • Certificate of Higher Education - CertHE
  • Master of Arts (Honours) - MA (Hons)