2023 Most Popular Dance Schools
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 lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Dance Schools ranking. This report analyzed 56 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Dance program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Dance Schools in the United States
Check out the dance programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.
Top 10 Most Popular Dance Schools
Our 2023 rankings named New York University the most popular school in the United States for dance students. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Hollins University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Dance Schools list. Hollins is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Roanoke.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas Woman’s University is a great place for dance students. TWU is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Long Beach. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Dance Schools list. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public school with a very large student population.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The University of the Arts is a great place for dance students. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UArts is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Dance Schools list. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a very large student population.
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With a ranking of #6, Saint Mary’s College of California did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for dance students. Located in the suburb of Moraga, SMC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Jacksonville University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Dance Schools list. JU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Jacksonville.
University of California - Irvine came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Dance Schools ranking. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a very large student population.
With a ranking of #6, University of Utah did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for dance students. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional popular schools for Dance students that almost earned our Most Popular Dance Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
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| 11 | University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI |
Dance by Region
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| New England |
| Rocky Mountains |
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Majors Related to Dance
Dance is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Dance
| 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 32 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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