2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Doctorate in California

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 California, there were 504 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,450 and $21,542 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality dance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the dance program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Dance Schools

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 a Doctorate in California”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Dance Schools for a Doctorate in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dance Schools for a Doctorate in California.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dance in California

#1

University of California - Riverside

Riverside, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,686 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Dance Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Riverside landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - Riverside is a large school located in Riverside, California that handed out 3 doctorate’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

UCR also took the #1 spot in our “Best Dance Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCR are $28,686, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Dance at University of California - Riverside

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dance

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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