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 Mount Holyoke College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in dance, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Mt. Holyoke was ranked #37 on College Factual's Best Schools for dance list. It is also ranked #1 in Massachusetts.
Here are some of the other rankings for Mt. Holyoke.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Mt. Holyoke paid an average of $1,700 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $54,400 | $54,400 |
Fees | $218 | $218 |
Books and Supplies | $2,000 | $2,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $16,020 | $16,020 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,000 | $2,000 |
Learn more about Mt. Holyoke tuition and fees.
Mt. Holyoke does not offer an online option for its dance bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Mt. Holyoke Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in dance in 2019-2020, all of them were women.
Around 16.7% of dance bachelor’s degree recipients at Mt. Holyoke in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 36%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 5 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Dance students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Dance | 6 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to dance.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Drama & Theater Arts | 13 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 8 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 29 |
Music | 6 |
*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.