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

5 Ranked Colleges
33 Degrees Awarded
$20,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor's in Missouri

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri” ranking.

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 Missouri, there were 35 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $15,800 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,837 and $25,380 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 5 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 a Bachelor’s in Missouri” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri bachelor’s degree dance students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dance in Missouri

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri. UMKC is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 11 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

UMKC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. It costs about $14,643 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Dance students per year to attend UMKC.

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#2

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lindenwood University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri list. Lindenwood University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Charles, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Lindenwood University also made our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $17,491 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Dance students per year to attend Lindenwood University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Dance at Lindenwood University

#3

Stephens College

Columbia, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephens College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri. Stephens is a small school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 2 bachelors’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

Stephens not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The yearly cost to attend Stephens is $22,337 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Dance students.

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#4

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri. Webster University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Webster not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. It costs about $22,768 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Dance students per year to attend Webster.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#5

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Dance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri. Washington University in St Louis is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. It costs about $26,869 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Dance students per year to attend WUSTL.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Dance at WUSTL

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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