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2023 Most Popular Dance Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Dance Graduate Certificate 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.

The Most Popular Dance Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Dance program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Dance Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named University of Utah the most popular school in the United States for dance students working on their graduate certificate. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

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#2

New York University

New York, NY

Out of the 6 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Portland State University is a great place for dance students working on their graduate certificate. Portland State University is a very large public school located in the large city of Portland.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Ohio University - Athens Campus is a great place for dance students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a very large student population.

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#3

Purchase College

Purchase, NY

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Purchase College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular dance schools in the United States. Purchase College is a small public school located in the suburb of Purchase.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Western Oregon University is a great place for dance students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the fringe town of Monmouth, Western Oregon State College is a public college with a small student population.

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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 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.

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