2022 Best Value Dance Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Dance Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts” 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 Massachusetts, there were 146 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,300 and $26,980 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,678 and $11,688 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 an Associate in Massachusetts”.

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Best Value Dance Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts associate degree dance students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dance in Massachusetts

#1

Dean College

Franklin, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$31,337 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dean College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dance Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts. Located in Franklin, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified associates’s dance students in 2019-2020.

Dean College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Dance Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Dean College is $31,337 for massachusetts associate degree dance students.

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jazzart Dance Theatre.

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