2023 Most Focused Colleges for Dance Therapy in the Middle Atlantic Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Dance Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Dance Therapy is the 1111th most popular major in the country with 52 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 47 dance therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Dance Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in dance therapy/therapist. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their dance therapy/therapist program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools Highly Focused on Dance Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region dance therapy students.
Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Dance Therapy in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Dance Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sarah Lawrence College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Bronxville, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified ’s dance therapy students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Dance Therapy at Sarah Lawrence
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Dance Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pratt Institute - Main landed the #2 spot on the list. Pratt Institute - Main is a medium-sized school located in Brooklyn, New York that handed out 19 ’s dance therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Pratt Institute Dance Therapy Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drexel University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Dance Therapy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 19 ’s dance therapy degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Dance Therapy at Drexel University
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.
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