2023 Most Popular Dance Master's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Dance Master's Degree 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Dance Master's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 55 schools in the United States to see which master's degree 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.
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2023 Most Popular Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for dance majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Most Popular Dance Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found New York University to be the most popular school for dance students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
About 86% of the students majoring in dance at the school are women while 14% are male.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Hollins University is a great place for dance students working on their master’s degree. Hollins is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Roanoke.
Of the 18 students majoring in dance at Hollins, 39% are male and 61% are female.
The in-demand master’s degree programs at California State University - Long Beach helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular dance schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public school with a very large student population.
Women make up 81% of the dance majors at the school.
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Out of the 55 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the # 4 spot on the list. TWU is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.
Women make up 93% of the dance majors at the school.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of the Arts. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Dance Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UArts is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Women make up 69% of the dance majors at the school.
Jacksonville University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Dance Master’s Degree Schools ranking. JU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Jacksonville.
About 89% of the students majoring in dance at the school are women while 11% are male.
Saint Mary’s College of California ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Dance Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Moraga, SMC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Women make up 89% of the dance majors at the school.
University of California - Irvine came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Dance Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a very large student population.
Of the 9 students majoring in dance at UC Irvine, 44% are male and 56% are female.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Dance Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Florida State University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Dance Master’s Degree Schools list. Florida State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tallahassee.
Of the 7 students majoring in dance at Florida State, 29% are male and 71% are female.
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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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