2023 Best Dance Master's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Dance Master's Degree 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.
The Best Dance Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 35 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
Check out the dance master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 10 Best Dance Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Duke University to be the best school for dance students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Texas Woman’s University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best dance schools in the United States. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools list. Iowa is a very large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Sam Houston State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best dance schools in the United States. Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #6, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for dance students working on their master’s degree. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Seattle.
Tulane University of Louisiana came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Orleans.
University of California - Irvine came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.
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Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a very large student population.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree dance programs. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.
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Rankings in Majors Related to Dance
Dance is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Dance
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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| 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 25 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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