2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Great Lakes region, there were 362 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,800 and $26,490 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 dance graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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. 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 a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree dance students.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dance in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s dance degrees to qualified students.

UIUC also made our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dance Report

#2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#4 in overall quality

$25,295 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s dance degrees to qualified students.

UWM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UWM are $25,295, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Dance at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

#3

Ohio State University - Main Campus

Columbus, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$37,141 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 6 masters’s dance degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Dance at Ohio State University - Main Campus

#4

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Dance Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also took the #1 spot in our “Best Dance Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Dance at U-M

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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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