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2022 Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k

9 Ranked Colleges
35 Degrees Awarded
$32,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k

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 Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $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 the Far Western US region, there were 614 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $18,967 and $21,822 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 35 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (Income Over $110k) in the Far Western US Region

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Long Beach. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k list. CSULB is a large school located in Long Beach, California that handed out 6 masters’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

CSULB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CSULB are $17,784, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k. University of California - Irvine is a public institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region master’s degree dance students whose families make more than $110k list, UC Irvine has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Irvine are $28,456, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a public institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hawaii at Manoa are $34,550.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 3 masters’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Seattle Campus are $30,294.

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#5

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #5 spot on the list. University of California - Los Angeles is a large public school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 2 masters’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

UCLA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCLA are $28,131.

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University of California - Riverside landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. University of California - Riverside is a large school located in Riverside, California that handed out 1 masters’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

UCR also made our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Riverside are $28,686, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Saint Mary’s College of California did quite well on the 2022 Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Moraga, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s dance degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

SMC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Mary’s College of California are $33,509, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#8

Mills College

Oakland, California
#7 in overall quality

Mills College did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #8. Mills College is a small school located in Oakland, California that handed out 4 masters’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

Mills not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mills College are $36,263.

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#9

California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, California
#5 in overall quality

California Institute of the Arts ranked #9 on this year’s Best Vallue Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Valencia, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s dance degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region master’s degree dance students whose families make more than $110k list, CalArts has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CalArts are $53,466, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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