2023 Best Value Dance Schools in the Far Western US Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
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The Best Value Dance Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Far Western US Region 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Dance Schools in the Far Western US Region
Check out the dance programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Dance
Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Long Beach the best value school in the Far Western US Region for dance students. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.
CSULB undergraduate students pay an average of $18,726 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the # 2 spot on the list. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the large city of Irvine.
UC Irvine undergraduate students pay an average of $43,529 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent programs at University of Washington - Seattle Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best dance schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW Seattle are $39,906 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW Seattle also did well on our Best Dance Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of California - Riverside is a great value for dance students. UCR is a very large public school located in the city of Riverside.
UCR undergraduate students pay an average of $43,508 in tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 6 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the # 5 spot on the list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.
UCLA undergraduate students pay an average of $43,012 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UCLA is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Dance Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
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California Institute of the Arts came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Valencia, CalArts is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CalArts are $53,466 a year.
Best Dance Colleges by State
Explore the best dance colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| California | 59 |
| Washington | 3 |
| Oregon | 0 |
| Hawaii | 0 |
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Majors Related to Dance
One of 9 majors within the area of study, dance has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 6 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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