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 Texas State University. 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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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. Texas State is in the top 10% of the country for dance. More specifically it was ranked #18 out of 214 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #1 in Texas.
Here are some of the other rankings for Texas State.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Texas State was $706 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $297 per credit hour. 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 | $8,326 | $19,778 |
Fees | $2,529 | $2,529 |
Books and Supplies | $760 | $760 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,880 | $10,880 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,440 | $3,440 |
Learn more about Texas State 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 Texas State took out an average of $24,331 in student loans. That is about the same as the national average of $24,777.
dance who receive their bachelor’s degree from Texas State make an average of $42,682 a year during the early days of their career. That is 108% higher than the national average of $20,472.
Texas State 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 Texas State Online Learning page.
About 91.8% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in dance in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 88.4%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 61.2% of the dance bachelor’s degrees at Texas State in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 36%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 7 |
Hispanic or Latino | 21 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 19 |
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 | 49 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to dance.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Design & Applied Arts | 126 |
Drama & Theater Arts | 143 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 23 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 99 |
Music | 74 |
*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.