2023 Best Value Dance Schools in the Middle Atlantic 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.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Dance Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for dance students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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 Middle Atlantic Region
Check out the dance programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Dance
Our 2023 rankings named Montclair State University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for dance students. Montclair State is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Montclair.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Montclair State are $21,418 per year.
The excellent programs at New York University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best dance schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
NYU undergraduate students pay an average of $56,500 in tuition and fees each year.
NYU also claimed a spot on our Best Dance Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Dance Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Temple are $30,602 per year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The College at Brockport. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Dance Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the fringe town of Brockport, SUNY Brockport is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
SUNY Brockport undergraduate students pay an average of $18,588 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hunter College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Dance Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Hunter is a fairly large public school located in the large city of New York.
Hunter undergraduate students pay an average of $15,332 in tuition and fees each year.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value dance programs. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Rutgers New Brunswick are $33,005 a year.
University of Maryland - College Park ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Dance Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UMCP are $38,638 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UMCP also is in the top 10% of our Best Dance Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
The University of the Arts landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value dance programs. UArts is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
UArts undergraduate students pay an average of $48,530 in tuition and fees each year.
Best Dance Colleges by State
Explore the best dance schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New York | 37 |
| Pennsylvania | 20 |
| Maryland | 3 |
| New Jersey | 7 |
| District of Columbia | 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 8 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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