2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region 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. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 the Southeast region, there were 561 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,333 and $27,477 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 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.

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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Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina

$21,918 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of North Carolina at Greensboro is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s dance degrees to qualified students.

UNC Greensboro also took the #0 spot in our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Greensboro are $21,918, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Dance at UNC Greensboro

#2

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$26,707 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$37,208 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dance degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree dance students with aid list, Florida State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State University are $26,707.

Read more about Dance at Florida State

#3

Hollins University

Roanoke, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$18,005 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Hollins University landed the #3 spot on the list. Hollins University is located in Roanoke, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s dance degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hollins, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hollins University are $18,005, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Hollins Dance Report

#4

Jacksonville University

Jacksonville, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$14,742 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jacksonville University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. JU is located in Jacksonville, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s dance degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at JU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at JU are $14,742, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Dance at Jacksonville University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance (With Aid)

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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