The main focus area for this major is General Dance. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Dance is a major offered under the visual and performing arts program of study at George Washington University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in dance, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for dance majors, GWU came in at #9. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in District of Columbia.
Here are some of the other rankings for GWU.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at GWU paid an average of $1,675 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $55,961 | $55,961 |
Fees | $88 | $88 |
Books and Supplies | $1,400 | $1,400 |
On Campus Room and Board | $14,711 | $14,711 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,525 | $1,525 |
Learn more about GWU tuition and fees.
dance who receive their bachelor’s degree from GWU make an average of $41,565 a year during the early days of their career. That is 103% higher than the national average of $20,472.
Online degrees for the GWU dance bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the GWU Online Learning page.
All of the students who received their Bachelor’s in dance in 2019-2020 were women.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in dance at GWU in 2019-2020, 71.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 36%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 2 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Dance students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Dance | 7 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to dance.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Design & Applied Arts | 23 |
Drama & Theater Arts | 8 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 2 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 35 |
Music | 4 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.