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2023 Best Value Dance Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$39,266 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,053 Avg Salary

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.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Dance Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Southeast 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.

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 Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Dance Colleges.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Dance

#1

Jacksonville University

Jacksonville, FL
$42,400 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Jacksonville University the best value school in the Southeast Region for dance students. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, JU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

JU undergraduate students pay an average of $42,400 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Dance at Jacksonville University

#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 Schools in the Southeast Region list. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Duke are $60,244 per year.

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

Full Dance at Duke University Report

#3

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Dance Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Florida State undergraduate students pay an average of $21,683 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Dance at Florida State University

$22,627 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Dance Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNC Greensboro are $22,627 per year.

Read full report on Dance at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

#5

Belhaven University

Jackson, MS
$27,825 Average Tuition & Fees

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

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Belhaven are $27,825 per year.

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$60,814 Average Tuition & Fees

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

Tulane undergraduate students pay an average of $60,814 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Dance at Tulane University of Louisiana

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

More Dance Rankings in the Southeast Region

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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