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2023 Most Popular Dance Schools in New Jersey

2 Colleges
$22,346 Avg Salary
$26,455 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Dance School for You

Dance is the #146 most popular major in New Jersey with 7 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. 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 Most Popular Dance Schools in New Jersey ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Jersey to see which 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for dance majors pursuing a .

#1

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Our 2023 rankings named Montclair State University the most popular school in New Jersey for dance students. Montclair State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.

Read full report on Dance at Montclair State University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Dance Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public college with a very large student population.

Read full report on Dance at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Best Dance Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Dance Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 37
Pennsylvania 20
Maryland 3
District of Columbia 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.

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