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2022 Best Value Ballet Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
46 Degrees Awarded
$17,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Ballet Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Ballet Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Ballet is the 1086th most popular major in the country with 47 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 ballet graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ballet Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in ballet. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ballet programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the ballet program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The ballet school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Ballet Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Ballet Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree ballet students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ballet (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Ballet Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #1 spot on the list. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ballet degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

IU Bloomington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Ballet Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Indiana University - Bloomington is $4,969 for Bachelor’s Degree Ballet students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Ballet at Indiana University - Bloomington

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Ballet Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s ballet degrees to qualified students.

U of U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Ballet Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $11,511 for bachelor’s degree ballet students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend U of U.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full U of U Ballet Report

#3

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Ballet Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #3 spot on the list. TCU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TCU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Ballet Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Christian University is $21,286 for Bachelor’s Degree Ballet students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Ballet at Texas Christian University

#4

Marymount Manhattan College

New York, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marymount Manhattan College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Ballet Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Marymount Manhattan College is located in New York, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s ballet degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree ballet students whose families make $0-$30k list, MMC has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Ballet Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $31,561 for bachelor’s degree ballet students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend MMC.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Marymount Manhattan College Ballet 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).
  • 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.

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