2023 Best Value Dance Schools
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Dance 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 Value Dance Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 35 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for dance students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Dance Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for dance majors pursuing a .
Top 10 Best Dance Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Texas Woman’s University the best value school in the United States for dance students. TWU is a large public school located in the city of Denton.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TWU are $18,186 per year.
The excellent programs at Sam Houston State University helped the school earn the #2 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.
SHSU undergraduate students pay an average of $18,752 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent programs at Montclair State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best dance schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Montclair State are $21,418 per year.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Jacksonville University is a great value for dance students. JU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Jacksonville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JU are $42,400 per year.
Out of the 35 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Long Beach landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CSULB are $18,726 per year.
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New York University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Schools ranking. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
NYU undergraduate students pay an average of $56,500 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, NYU also did well on our Best Dance Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Duke University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for dance students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Duke are $60,244 a year.
Duke excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 1% of all schools on our Best Dance Schools list.
Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Dance Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.
ASU - Tempe undergraduate students pay an average of $29,438 in tuition and fees each year.
University of California - Irvine landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value dance programs. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UC Irvine are $43,529 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UC Irvine is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Dance Schools list.
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Temple University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Dance Schools list. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Temple are $30,602 a year.
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Dance Related Majors for Dance
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 25 schools only.
- 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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