2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Dance in the Southwest Region

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 the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest region, there were 398 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 general dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree dance movement studies students.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Dance in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Woman's University

Denton, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$14,962 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. TWU is a fairly large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 6 masters’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

TWU also made our “Best General Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at TWU are $14,962, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Dance at Texas Woman’s University

#2

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$15,704 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 5 masters’s dance movement studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SHSU are $15,704, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full SHSU General Dance Report

#3

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #3 spot on the list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dance movement studies degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best General Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe General Dance Report

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#4 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Dance Movement Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best General Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Dance at University of Arizona

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Dance

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jazzart Dance Theatre.

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