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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Dance (Income $30-$48k) in Maryland

4 Ranked Colleges
56 Degrees Awarded
$14,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Dance is the 213th most popular major in the country with 3,254 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maryland, there were 59 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 56 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,371 and $23,982 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in general dance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general dance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general dance program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The dance movement studies 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 Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Dance (Income $30-$48k) in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #1 spot on the list. UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to qualified students.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMCP is $12,128 for maryland bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Dance at UMCP

#2

Towson University

Towson, Maryland
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Towson University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Towson, Maryland, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Towson also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Towson is $12,632 for maryland bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Towson University General Dance Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the #3 spot on the list. UMBC is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to qualified students.

UMBC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMBC is $12,605 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Maryland - Baltimore County General Dance Report

#4

Goucher College

Baltimore, Maryland
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Goucher College landed the #4 spot on the list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maryland bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students whose families make $30-$48k list, Goucher has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Goucher is $22,286 for maryland bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.

Read more about General Dance at Goucher College

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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