2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $48-$75k) in Massachusetts

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,397 people earned their degree in dance, making the major the 161st most popular in the United States. 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 associate degree level specifically, there were 13 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,678 and $11,688 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the dance program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Dance Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts associate degree dance students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $48-$75k) in Massachusetts

#1

Dean College

Franklin, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$29,626 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dean College landed the #1 spot on the list. Dean College is located in Franklin, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 associates’s dance degrees to qualified students.

Dean College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Dance Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. The estimated yearly cost for Dean College is $29,626 for Massachusetts Associate Degree Dance students whose families make $48-$75k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $48-$75k)

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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