General Dance is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #212 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for general dance students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 53 degrees in general dance during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The dance movement studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Dance rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general dance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 the Best General Dance Schools in Washington.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the dance movement studies degree levels they offer.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general dance. UW Seattle is a fairly large public university located in the city of Seattle.
There were approximately 21 general dance students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in general dance needs to check out Western Washington University. Located in the small city of Bellingham, WWU is a public university with a large student population.
There were about 6 general dance students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in general dance has to look into Cornish College of the Arts. Located in the city of Seattle, Cornish College of the Arts is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were about 17 general dance students who graduated with this degree at Cornish College of the Arts in the most recent data year.
Rankings in Majors Related to Dance Movement Studies
One of 2 majors within the Dance area of study, General Dance has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The dance movement studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Dance rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general dance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
