2022 Best Value Dance Schools for an Associate in Arizona

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 an Associate in Arizona” 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 Arizona, there were 93 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,200 and $22,750 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 18 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,749 and $17,785 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Schools for an Associate in Arizona” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality dance programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Dance Schools for an Associate in Arizona” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Dance Schools for an Associate in Arizona

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

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dance in Arizona

#1

Scottsdale Community College

Scottsdale, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$10,397 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Scottsdale Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for an Associate in Arizona list. This medium-sized school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 9 associates’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

Scottsdale Community College also made our “Best Dance Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Scottsdale Community College is $10,397 for arizona associate degree dance students.

Full Scottsdale Community College Dance Report

#2

Estrella Mountain Community College

Avondale, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$9,200 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for an Associate in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Estrella Mountain Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Avondale, Arizona is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s dance degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Estrella Mountain Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Dance Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The estimated yearly cost for Estrella Mountain Community College is $9,200 for arizona associate degree dance students.

Full Estrella Mountain Community College Dance Report

#3

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$9,669 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mesa Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for an Associate in Arizona list. Mesa Community College is a fairly large school located in Mesa, Arizona that handed out 1 associates’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College also made our “Best Dance Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Mesa Community College is $9,669 for Arizona Associate Degree Dance students.

Read full report on Dance at Mesa Community College

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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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