2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Bachelor’s in Mississippi” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,397 people earned their degree in dance, making the major the 161st most popular in the United States. 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 Mississippi, there were 27 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $25,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,851 and $25,430 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi” ranking looked at 2 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi

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

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

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$14,923 Average Net Price

$25,967 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi list. University of Southern Mississippi is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s dance degrees to qualified students.

Southern Miss not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Miss is $14,923 for Mississippi Bachelor’s Degree Dance students.

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#2

Belhaven University

Jackson, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$17,439 Average Net Price

$17,551 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Belhaven University landed the #2 spot on the list. Belhaven is located in Jackson, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s dance degrees to qualified students.

Belhaven not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. The estimated yearly cost for Belhaven University is $17,439 for mississippi bachelor’s degree dance students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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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