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2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k

8 Ranked Colleges
107 Degrees Awarded
$18,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor's in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Michigan, there were 113 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,100 and $25,533 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 107 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,161 and $25,915 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent 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 dance program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan bachelor’s degree dance students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $75-$110k) in Michigan

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. U-M is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 16 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U-M, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for U-M is $18,039 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Dance students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.

Read full report on Dance at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#2

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k list. Rochester Hills, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dance degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Oakland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. It costs about $15,424 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Dance students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Oakland University.

Full Oakland University Dance Report

#3

Grand Valley State University

Allendale, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Valley State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Allendale, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dance degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

GVSU also made our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $20,113 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Dance students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Grand Valley State University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Dance at GVSU

#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k list. Wayne State University is a public institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wayne State is $17,909 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Dance students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Wayne State Dance Report

#5

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k list. Eastern Michigan is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. It costs about $18,598 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Dance students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Eastern Michigan University.

Full Eastern Michigan University Dance Report

#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of Michigan - Flint did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Flint, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UM Flint, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. It costs about $17,211 for michigan bachelor’s degree dance students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UM Flint.

Read full report on Dance at UM Flint

#7

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Western Michigan University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k list. WMU is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 20 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WMU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. It costs about $23,352 for michigan bachelor’s degree dance students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend WMU.

Read more about Dance at WMU

#8

Madonna University

Livonia, Michigan
#7 in overall quality

Madonna University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Located in Livonia, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance students in 2019-2020.

Madonna did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. It costs about $20,848 for michigan bachelor’s degree dance students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Madonna University.

Full Madonna University Dance Report

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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