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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance in Washington (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$30,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Dance Schools for a Master's in Washington For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Washington, there were 62 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,000 and $23,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dance programs, but they also 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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The dance school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance in Washington (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UW Seattle is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 3 masters’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also took the #1 spot in our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Dance at UW Seattle

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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