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

5 Ranked Colleges
51 Degrees Awarded
$10,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,254 people earned their degree in general dance, making the major the 213th most popular in the United States.

Across Minnesota, there were 51 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 51 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,526 and $26,035 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 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.

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

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

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Dance (Income $30-$48k) in Minnesota

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k list. UMN Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 26 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. It costs about $8,418 for Minnesota Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about General Dance at UMN Twin Cities

#2

St Olaf College

Northfield, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, St Olaf College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Northfield, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s dance movement studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our minnesota bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students whose families make $30-$48k list, St. Olaf has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. It costs about $12,276 for Minnesota Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend St. Olaf.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Mankato, Minnesota, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Minnesota State Mankato, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Minnesota State University - Mankato is $11,781 for Minnesota Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Minnesota State Mankato General Dance Report

#4

Carleton College

Northfield, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carleton College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k. This small school is located in Northfield, Minnesota, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Carleton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. It costs about $9,358 for Minnesota Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Carleton College.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about General Dance at Carleton College

#5

Gustavus Adolphus College

Saint Peter, Minnesota
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Gustavus Adolphus College landed the #5 spot on the list. Gustavus Adolphus is a small school located in Saint Peter, Minnesota that handed out 6 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Gustavus Adolphus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. The estimated yearly cost for Gustavus Adolphus is $11,669 for Minnesota Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Gustavus Adolphus General 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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