2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Dance in the Southwest Region
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 the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest region, there were 398 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 328 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 22 colleges that offered a degree in general dance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general dance programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general 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 Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 22 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Dance in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Canyon, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s dance movement studies students in 2019-2020.
West Texas A&M University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend West Texas A&M University is $12,761 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to qualified students.
UT Rio Grande Valley also made our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $4,514 for southwest region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students per year to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas State University is a large public school situated in San Marcos, Texas. It awarded 49 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas State is $15,230 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at TWU, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students per year to attend Texas Woman’s University.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.
UH also made our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $12,838 for southwest region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students per year to attend UH.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Sam Houston State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. SHSU is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 22 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.
SHSU also made our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #12. The yearly cost to attend Sam Houston State University is $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students.
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Texas Tech University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s dance movement studies students in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Stephen F Austin State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Nacogdoches, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.
SFASU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #15 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Stephen F Austin State University is $13,723 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students.
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University of North Texas ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Denton, Texas, this large public school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance movement studies students in 2019-2020.
UNT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #16 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,086 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students per year to attend UNT.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Central Oklahoma came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 7 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.
UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #19 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Oklahoma is $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students.
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With a ranking of #11, Grand Canyon University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Grand Canyon University is a large private for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 7 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.
Grand Canyon University also took the #20 spot in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Grand Canyon University is $21,020 for southwest region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Oklahoma is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 15 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.
University of Oklahoma also made our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #13. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma is $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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With a ranking of #13, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UTEP is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 6 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTEP, the school also landed the #18 spot in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at El Paso is $8,920 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students.
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With a ranking of #14, Oral Roberts University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Oral Roberts University is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to qualified students.
ORU also made our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #14. It costs about $22,248 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students per year to attend Oral Roberts University.
Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #15. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance movement studies students in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Oklahoma City University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance movement studies students in 2019-2020.
OCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $22,306 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students per year to attend Oklahoma City University.
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%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus ranked #17 on this year’s Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.
UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #21 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $14,446 for southwest region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #18. NMSU Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
NMSU Main Campus also made our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #22. It costs about $8,659 for southwest region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies students per year to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus.
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The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #19. The University of Texas at Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Austin also made our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $18,023 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students per year to attend UT Austin.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, 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 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Arizona came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.
University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #17 on our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students per year to attend University of Arizona.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
With a ranking of #21, Texas Christian University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at TCU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Christian University is $36,811 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dance Movement Studies students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #22, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s dance movement studies degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SMU is $36,222 for southwest region bachelor’s degree dance movement studies 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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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%.
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- *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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