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2023 Best Value Dance Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$25,315 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,261 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. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Dance Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Southwest 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.

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 Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Dance

$18,186 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Woman’s University the best value school in the Southwest Region for dance students. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

TWU undergraduate students pay an average of $18,186 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Dance at Texas Woman’s University Report

Out of the 6 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SHSU are $18,752 per year.

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The excellent programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best dance schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 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 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.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University of Oklahoma are $25,116 a year.

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#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Out of the 6 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Arizona are $35,153 per year.

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$25,243 Average Tuition & Fees

University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNM are $25,243 a year.

Read full report on Dance at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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

More Dance Rankings in the Southwest 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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