2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance Therapy

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Dance Therapy is the 1124th most popular major in the country with 42 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 dance therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Therapy Schools for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dance therapy/therapist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dance therapy/therapist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the dance therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Dance Therapy Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree dance therapy students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance Therapy

#1

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$37,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dance Therapy Schools for a Master’s. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 15 masters’s dance therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Drexel also made our “Best Dance Therapy Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel University are $37,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Pratt Institute - Main

Brooklyn, New York

#2 in overall quality

$35,226 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pratt Institute - Main. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Therapy Schools for a Master’s list. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s dance therapy students in 2019-2020.

Pratt Institute not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Dance Therapy Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pratt Institute - Main are $35,226, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Dance Therapy at Pratt Institute - Main

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.

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