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2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$32,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master's in California For Those Getting Aid

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 Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across California, there were 463 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general dance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general dance programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Dance in California (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. Irvine, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dance movement studies degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UC Irvine also made our “Best General Dance Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Irvine are $28,456, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Long Beach. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. Long Beach, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dance movement studies degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

CSULB also made our “Best General Dance Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - Long Beach are $17,784, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. University of California - Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s dance movement studies degrees to qualified students.

UCLA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Dance Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Los Angeles are $28,131, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Riverside. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid. UCR is a large school located in Riverside, California that handed out 1 masters’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UCR also made our “Best General Dance Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCR are $28,686, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Mills College

Oakland, California
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mills College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Oakland, California, and it awarded 4 masters’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Mills not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Dance Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mills College are $36,263.

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#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Saint Mary’s College of California did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. Saint Mary’s College of California is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Moraga, California. It awarded 9 masters’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Dance Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Mary’s College of California are $33,509, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7

California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, California
#4 in overall quality

California Institute of the Arts came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid ranking. CalArts is a small school located in Valencia, California that handed out 2 masters’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california master’s degree dance movement studies students with aid list, CalArts has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Dance Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at California Institute of the Arts are $53,466.

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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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