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Finding the Best Dance Graduate Certificate School for You

Dance is the #214 most popular major in the country with 257 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Dance Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Dance Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for dance majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Dance

#1

New York University

New York, NY

Our analysis found New York University to be the best school for dance students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best dance schools in the United States. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

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Dance is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Dance

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music 7,675
Fine & Studio Arts 3,224
Design & Applied Arts 1,979
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 1,704
Drama & Theater Arts 1,699

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jazzart Dance Theatre.

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