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Most Popular Dance Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Most Popular Dance Schools in the New England Region

3 Colleges
$21,390 Avg Salary
$27,000 Avg Student Debt

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.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Dance Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the New England Region 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Dance Colleges.

#1

Bennington College

Bennington, VT

Our analysis found Bennington College to be the most popular school for dance students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Located in the distant town of Bennington, Bennington is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#2

Smith College

Northampton, MA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Smith College is a great place for dance students. Smith is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Northampton.

Read full report on Dance at Smith College

#2

Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT

The excellent programs at Wesleyan University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best dance schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Middletown, Wesleyan U is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Dance Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 0
Connecticut 0
Vermont 1

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 3 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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