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2023 Best Value Dance Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$31,221 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,301 Avg Salary

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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Dance Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which master's degree 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.

2023 Best Value Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the dance master's degree 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 for a Master's in Dance

Our analysis found California State University - Long Beach to be the best value school for dance students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Far Western US Region . CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSULB are $17,784 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC Irvine are $28,458 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Washington - Seattle Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value dance schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW Seattle are $30,912 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UW Seattle is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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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 - Los Angeles landed the # 4 spot on the list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCLA are $28,138 a year.

UCLA also made our Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #5.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Riverside. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCR is a very large public school located in the city of Riverside.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCR are $28,569 per year.

Read full report on Dance at University of California - Riverside

California Institute of the Arts came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Valencia, CalArts is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CalArts are $53,466 per year.

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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

One of 9 majors within the area of study, dance has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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