2023 Best Dance Therapy Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Dance Therapy for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Dance Therapy is the 1111th most popular major in the country with 52 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Dance Therapy for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in dance therapy/therapist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dance therapy/therapist programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the dance therapy/therapist program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Dance Therapy for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Dance Therapy for a Master’s

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

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

1

Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Dance Therapy for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #1 spot on the list. Drexel is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Drexel also took the #1 spot in our “Best Dance Therapy Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Drexel University supports 23,589 students, and 2 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Drexel University Veteran Student Life Report

2

Pratt Institute - Main
Brooklyn, New York

1 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$52,211 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pratt Institute - Main. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Dance Therapy for a Master’s. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 19 degrees to qualified masters’s dance therapy students in 2020-2021.

Pratt Institute did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Dance Therapy Master’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 4,353 students enrolled at Pratt Institute, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Pratt Institute Veteran Student Life Report

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.