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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Dance

5 Ranked Colleges
48 Degrees Awarded
$23,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Dance Schools for a Bachelor's

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Other Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 96 people earned their degree in other dance, making the major the 1013th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 other dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other dance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other dance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other dance program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Dance

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #1 spot on the list. Provo, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other dance degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

BYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Other Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend BYU is $13,322 for bachelor’s degree other dance students.

The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full BYU Other Dance Report

#2

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other dance students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree other dance students list, WMU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Other Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $19,433 for bachelor’s degree other dance students per year to attend Western Michigan University.

Read more about Other Dance at WMU

#3

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, Ohio
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Youngstown State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s. Youngstown State University is located in Youngstown, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s other dance degrees to qualified students.

Youngstown State University also made our “Best Other Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Youngstown State University is $11,947 for bachelor’s degree other dance students.

Read full report on Other Dance at Youngstown State 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 Other Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s. Marymount Manhattan College is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MMC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Other Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend MMC is $37,768 for bachelor’s degree other dance students.

The 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.

Read full report on Other Dance at MMC

#5

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Other Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s other dance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drexel, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Drexel University is $34,914 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Dance students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Drexel University Other Dance 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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