2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dance in Connecticut

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 Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut” 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 Connecticut, there were 21 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,552 and $24,636 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in dance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dance programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dance in Connecticut

#1

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$28,541 Average Net Price

$28,381 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hartford. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut list. Located in West Hartford, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dance students in 2019-2020.

UHart did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Hartford is $28,541 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Dance students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Dance at UHart

#2

Connecticut College

New London, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$32,626 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Connecticut College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in New London, Connecticut, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

Conn College also made our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $32,626 for connecticut bachelor’s degree dance students per year to attend Conn College.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

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

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