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2023 Best Value Dance Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$32,330 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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Dance Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for dance students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Dance Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Dance

#1

Jacksonville University

Jacksonville, FL

Our analysis found Jacksonville University to be the best value school for dance students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Jacksonville, JU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at JU are $14,039 a year.

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#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Duke are $59,141 per year.

Duke also made our Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #1.

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#3

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

The excellent master’s degree programs at Florida State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value dance schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Florida State are $26,707 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Florida State is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a great value for dance students working on their master’s degree. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Greensboro are $21,983 per year.

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#5

Belhaven University

Jackson, MS

The excellent master’s degree programs at Belhaven University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value dance schools in the Southeast Region . Belhaven is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Jackson.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Belhaven are $10,980 per year.

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Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for dance students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Tulane graduate students pay an average of $61,130 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Dance Colleges by State

Explore the best dance colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 18
Florida 16
North Carolina 10
Louisiana 2
Alabama 0
Mississippi 2

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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