2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Dance is the 161st most popular major in the country with 3,397 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, dance graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $20,940 and had an average of $26,168 in loans still to pay off.

Across Massachusetts, there were 146 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,300 and $26,980 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dance programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $30-$48k) in Massachusetts

#1

Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$53,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Smith College landed the #1 spot on the list. Smith College is located in Northampton, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s dance degrees to qualified students.

Smith also took the #1 spot in our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Smith College are $53,940, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $30-$48k)

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.

Credits

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

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