You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in other dance. It is ranked #1098 out of 1506 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Other Dance Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 87 degrees in other dance during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The other dance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Other Dance rankings. We derive our Best Overall Other Dance School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Other Dance Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of other dance degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of California - Riverside is a great option for students interested in a degree in other dance. UCR is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Riverside. A Best Colleges rank of #213 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCR is a great university overall.
There were about 3 other dance students who graduated with this degree at UCR in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Brigham Young University - Provo if you want to pursue a degree in other dance. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were about 2 other dance students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in other dance has to look into Western Michigan University. WMU is a large public university located in the small city of Kalamazoo. This university ranks 5th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 18 other dance students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in other dance has to check out Marymount Manhattan College. Located in the large city of New York, MMC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 44th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 24 other dance students who graduated with this degree at MMC in the most recent year we have data available.
Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #125 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Drexel is a great university overall.
There were roughly 1 other dance students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent data year.
Youngstown State University is a large public university located in the city of Youngstown. This university ranks 37th out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 2 other dance students who graduated with this degree at Youngstown State University in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The other dance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Other Dance rankings. We derive our Best Overall Other Dance School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
