2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $75-$110k) in Vermont

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 a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Vermont, there were 13 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dance programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the dance program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $75-$110k) in Vermont

#1

Middlebury College

Middlebury, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$20,468 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Middlebury College landed the #1 spot on the list. Middlebury is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Middlebury, Vermont. It awarded 3 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

Middlebury did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The estimated yearly cost for Middlebury is $20,468 for vermont bachelor’s degree dance students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Middlebury College Dance Report

#2

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$27,823 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bennington College landed the #2 spot on the list. Bennington College is a small school located in Bennington, Vermont that handed out 8 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

Bennington also took the #2 spot in our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bennington is $27,823 for vermont bachelor’s degree dance students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Bennington College Dance Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income $75-$110k)

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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