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2023 Best Dance Schools in New York

3 Colleges
$24,168 Avg Salary
$23,772 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Dance School for You

With 37 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, dance is the #171 most popular major in New York.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Dance Schools in New York ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Dance Schools in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Dance Colleges.

Top New York Schools in Dance

#1

New York University

New York, NY

Our 2023 rankings named New York University the best school in New York for dance students. 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

The College at Brockport

Brockport, NY

The excellent programs at The College at Brockport helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best dance schools in New York. SUNY Brockport is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Brockport.

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#3

Hunter College

New York, NY

The excellent programs at Hunter College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best dance schools in New York. Located in the large city of New York, Hunter is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Dance at Hunter College Report

Best Dance Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Dance Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 20
Maryland 3
New Jersey 7
District of Columbia 0

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 3 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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