2024 Best General Dance Schools in Florida

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Dance Schools in Florida ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 110 degrees in general dance during the 2021-2022 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall General Dance Schools List

Choosing a Great General Dance School

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

General Dance Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Dance Schools in Florida list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for General Dance in Florida

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the dance movement studies degree levels they offer.

Top Florida Schools in Dance Movement Studies

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1st Most Popular In FL

It's hard to beat University of Florida if you want to pursue a degree in general dance. UF is a fairly large public university located in the city of Gainesville. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.

There were approximately 30 general dance students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

2nd Most Popular In FL

It's difficult to beat Florida State University if you want to pursue a degree in general dance. Florida State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee. A Best Colleges rank of #121 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.

There were about 26 general dance students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in general dance from Florida State University

3

University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, FL

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4th Most Popular In FL

It's hard to beat University of South Florida - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in general dance. Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were roughly 16 general dance students who graduated with this degree at USF Tampa in the most recent data year.

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4

The University of Tampa
Tampa, FL

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7th Most Popular In FL

50.0% Growth in Graduates

The University of Tampa is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general dance. Located in the city of Tampa, UT is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 26th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were about 10 general dance students who graduated with this degree at UT in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in general dance from The University of Tampa

5

Jacksonville University
Jacksonville, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

3rd Most Popular In FL

JU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Jacksonville. This university ranks 32nd out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were roughly 17 general dance students who graduated with this degree at JU in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best General Dance Colleges in the Southeast Region

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Rankings in Majors Related to Dance Movement Studies

One of 2 majors within the Dance area of study, General Dance has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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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