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 Fordham University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in dance, such as diversity 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. Fordham U was ranked #33 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for dance majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #8 in New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for Fordham U.
Part-time undergraduates at Fordham U paid an average of $945 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $54,730 | $54,730 |
Fees | $1,046 | $1,046 |
Books and Supplies | $1,040 | $1,040 |
On Campus Room and Board | $19,065 | $19,065 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,950 | $2,950 |
Learn more about Fordham U tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Dance students who received their bachelor’s degree at Fordham U took out an average of $26,330 in student loans. That is 6% higher than the national average of $24,777.
dance who receive their bachelor’s degree from Fordham U make an average of $28,960 a year during the early days of their career. That is 41% higher than the national average of $20,472.
Online degrees for the Fordham U 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 Fordham U Online Learning page.
Women made up around 83.3% of the dance students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 88.4%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 60.0% of the dance bachelor’s degrees at Fordham U in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 36%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 3 |
Black or African American | 9 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 12 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Dance students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Dance | 30 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to dance.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Visual & Performing Arts | 56 |
Drama & Theater Arts | 31 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 60 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 47 |
Music | 10 |
*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.