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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$22,249 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Southwest 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.

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 Southwest Region

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

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

Our analysis found Texas Woman’s University to be the best value school for dance students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TWU are $15,048 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. SHSU is a very large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 per year.

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#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Arizona helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value dance schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 a year.

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree dance programs. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNM are $20,487 a year.

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Best Dance Colleges by State

Explore the best dance schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 17
Arizona 10
Oklahoma 2
New Mexico 1

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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