Find Grad Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Most Popular Dance Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Find Schools Near

2023 Most Popular Dance Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

2 Colleges

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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Dance Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region 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.

Check out the dance graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Western Oregon University the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for dance students working on their graduate certificate. Western Oregon State College is a small public school located in the town of Monmouth.

Read full report on Dance at Western Oregon University

Our analysis found Portland State University to be the most popular school for dance students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Dance at Portland State University Report

Best Dance Colleges by State

Explore the best dance colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 59
Washington 3
Oregon 0
Hawaii 0

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 2 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.

Featured Schools

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.